Word: attracting
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Looper was a perennial also-ran in local politics. A candidate in five recent elections, he has switched parties twice; in 1988 he volunteered to work for Al Gore's presidential campaign. This time Looper was running as a Republican, trying to attract attention by legally changing his middle name from Anthony to (Low Tax). The stunt--parentheses and all--did little to disguise his idiosyncrasies. Looper is already under indictment on charges of misuse of office and, in June, had been slapped with a $1.2 million paternity suit by his live-in girlfriend. (He reacted to her charges with...
...Harvard is one of a small number of universities that are able to attract leaders in scientific research and provide resources that will enable them to sustain that leadership," he said...
Still, Cline says she hopes to attract more private donors...
During the question-and-answer period following his speech, Kerry was asked what incentives he would use to attract qualified, energetic teachers. "It's got to be economic. That's the reality today," he said...
...Walt Disney Co. The network said, "We were looking into a possible story concerning theme parks, which would have included, among others, Disney. A draft story was submitted that did not work." Indeed, the submitted story did mention other Orlando, Fla., parks, noting that theme parks tend to attract child molesters who seek to work at them. But the report singled out Disney as less responsive than other park operators to the problem. According to an ABC source familiar with the story, the report would have disclosed that Disney cooperates far less with law-enforcement efforts to educate employees...