Word: attracted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WALT DISNEY HAS BEEN getting a little crazy these days, venturing out of the "G" rated movie for the first time and trying to attract an older audience. But they have taken a step backwards with The Journey of Natty Gann, a simplistic adventure movie set during the Great Depression...
...Alumni Against Apartheid hope to attract the attention of all of the alumni who do not ordinarily vote, said Tina E. Smith '83, a Graduate School of Education student and supporter of the three...
...addition to finding top-notch professors, Thiemann will work to attract good students and maintain the last few years' upsurge in applicants, said Dean of Students Guy V. Martin. The student body has grown 20 percent over the last five years to 450, and applications have jumped 15 percent over the last year, according to Martin...
...CMES discussed the possibility of CIA funding at its meeting of April 26, 1985. The Committee urged the Director to seek other sources, but concluded that if CIA funding was accepted, the source of support should be disclosed to all potential participants. Professor Safran did endeavor to attract other sources of support but was unable to do so. Funding for the conference was ultimately secured on August 2, 1985 in the form of an individual contract between Professor Safran and the CIA for $40,700, later modified to $45,700. Those who had been invited to participate in the conference...
...when the ministers assembled at Geneva's Intercontinental Hotel last week for their regular semiannual meeting, several wanted to slash prices in order to attract customers. Oil Minister Tam David-West of Nigeria, whose country has foreign debts of at least $22 billion and depends on oil for 95% of its export earnings, threatened to match North Sea competitors "barrel by barrel and cent by cent...