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...vegetarians because they drink the blood of animals, not people. They can fly, move with lightning speed, scale trees in a trice. They also play baseball, which in the Cullen clan is a lot like Rowling's Quidditch. Their ball-playing, and the scent of human snack food, will attract the notice of a trio of rogue vampires, whose leader, James (Cam Gigandet), is a demon simulacrum of the angelic Edward...
...local government tentatively plans to turn the remains of the city into a memorial park and build a new downtown 12 miles (20 km) to the south. Zhang now heads the Beichuan Department of Commerce, working to attract new businesses and industrial development. He hopes to bring in building-material companies that will develop earthquake-resistant products. Once Beichuan is rebuilt, a process that is estimated to take three years, Zhang hopes that the firms can then produce materials for seismic hazard zones elsewhere in China and abroad. The strain on Zhang and other local bureaucrats is severe. A quarter...
...high school I was intimidated by computer science,” she said. “It was just a bunch of guys.”Nationally, Cohoon said her center is making an effort to highlight aspects of occupations in computer science that are attractive to women, such as the flexibility to work in a number of different fields and locations, as well as the creative aspect of the job—a trait that she called characteristically feminine. While there has been no organized effort to attract more female students into computer science at Harvard, Malan said...
...little bit, and the number of visitors is reduced. People are coming less often to the stores. During these times we have to be more creative when it comes to promotions and price reductions. For example, we're running promotions where we reduce prices on top-selling products to attract people to the stores. We're also using our restaurant to attract visitors with things like free breakfast. It's strange that people will go all the way to Ikea for $5 or however much a free breakfast is, but the reality is that people actually do that...
...endorsement of these changes, students harbor mixed reactions. Urvesh M. Shelat ’09, a member of a student-faculty committee that discussed the changes last year, said he is ambivalent about the changes. While he said that the amendments are interesting ideas that will definitely attract more students to the department, Shelat said that it may also change the concentration’s demographic...