Word: attracted
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...trouble is that even if there were enough financial incentives to keep the Amazon intact, high commodity prices would encourage deforestation elsewhere. And government mandates to increase biofuel production are going to boost commodity prices, which will only attract more investment. Until someone invents that protein chip, it's going to mean the worst of everything: higher food prices, more deforestation and more emissions...
...shows that attract a church crowd, Perry's are on the gamy side. Most of the women wear low-cut, skintight frocks. The young men tend to be extravagantly muscular; they frequently take their shirts off, to the oohs of the audience...
...must overcome an identity crisis. Should he change his history of bipartisan voting to strengthen his Republican kinship ties? Or will his attempts to woo the right-wingers of his party alienate Independents? McCain’s recent flip-flop on torture suggests that he is trying to attract the right-wing Republican vote. That seems to explain why McCain, one of the nation’s staunchest opponents of torture, voted not to pass an anti-torture bill.This came as a surprise for those who know of McCain’s long battle with the Bush administration and members...
...closer to each other than either is to Ahmadinejad's camp in terms of their pragmatic outlook on foreign policy and the economy. With about a third of the new parliament consisting of reformist and independent candidates, Atrianfar says there is a good chance that this bloc could attract critical members among conservatives, especially if Ahmadinejad continues with his inflationary economic and confrontational foreign policies. That would increase the chances of a "critical coalition" among reformists and conservatives to pave the way for a pragmatic political force...
...envelope in the mail come spring.But with the changing landscape of college admissions, especially with Harvard’s elimination of its early action program, the admissions office has sent out far more likely letters, or “likelies,” this year to try to attract students who will or already do have offers from other schools. ‘EXPLODING OFFERS’Though the Ivy League maintains a single reply date for regular admissions—March 31 this year—colleges can offer students the next best thing to an official decision with...