Word: attracted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...part of Bean's that is its factory store, $76 hunting shoes go for $50, a $42 sweater for $25, and a $36 shirt for $27. But the prices don't seem to be what attract college students to the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night...
...other companies are rolling along in the opposite direction. Dollar Rent a Car announced last week that it will put 6,000 phone-equipped cars on the road by May. Dollar hopes to attract business with a new phone service called Pathfinder. When driving in unfamiliar places, customers will be able to dial a single digit and reach a Dollar operator, who will consult a battery of maps and give directions. Budget Rent a Car will soon equip a fleet of 1,500 autos with portable phones that can be operated outside the car and are small enough...
Princeton's exclusive, all-male eating clubs continue to attract national attention to the New Jersey campus, as two of the clubs recently filed federal lawsuits to maintain their single-sex status, while a third club settled a dispute out of court...
...very time-consuming. The department was afraid undergraduates wouldn't have time to do the things all undergraduates should be doing." With the establishment of a "less intensive" option in Indian Studies two years ago as part of "a deliberate effort on the part of the department to attract more concentrators" and "to be more active in undergraduate teaching," the department now has more concentrators than in the 20 previous years together...
...Dickens, such pluck and clarity of intent are completely captivating. A dud in bookkeeping class but an outstanding English student, Simon manages a transfer to an academic high school. Her lively essays attract attention. She has other notable attributes: blond hair, blue eyes, a sensuous mouth and a fortune in cheekbones. But even James Monroe High is a bit restricting. Foreshadowing the future world traveler, she writes, "I had no time for step- by-step projects; the urgent need was for swift voyages, with short stops at many ports of call...