Word: attraction
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...denied them until they had demonstrably earned them at the polls. But, from the U.S. viewpoint, there are grave dangers in such a course. The Communists are far and away the best-organized, most cohesive political force in South Viet Nam, and in a free election could probably attract more votes than the population they currently control-perhaps getting as much as 35% of the vote in an early election. That might very well prove to be a plurality and, as the Saigon constitution is now written, would give them the country overnight-an outcome that would be hard...
...look is Managing Editor Alastair Burnet, a former television newsman who took over the Economist three years ago at the age of 36. Together with Art Director Peter Dunbar, 39, Burnet plots out each cover as a "duet" of picture and caption. Burnet's intent is to attract new readers "in the younger categories." In his three years as M.E., circulation has increased by 45% to 100,000 copies a week...
...thinking of buying one, it's worth it. They are big, black, roomy sophisticated autos which attract everyone's attention...
...wage and price controls, he hopes, are temporary measures, but he fully intends to keep the reins tight on the unions. He plans to start taxing unused land on Uruguay's huge ranches and to attract new capital with a stable peso. He also threatens to fire unnecessary bureaucrats, but in Uruguay no step involving jobs is quite that easy. There is, however, a measure before Congress that would give superfluous federal employees a year's salary just to quit...
Fewer Passengers. To trade up, "Bud" Beinecke has been buying up. To attract yachtsmen, he and a Nantucket partner have bought out most of the deteriorated wharf front and constructed a large shopping center and marina complex that has tripled the number of yacht berths. To keep some of the penny-ante trippers away, he has refused to renew the lease on his docks for one of the excursion steamers out of Hyannis and demanded that the other carry fewer passengers at higher rates. To upgrade the mainstreet shopping area, he has bought up 80% of the commercial acreage...