Word: attraction
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Both presidential and vice presidential candidates appealed to farmers during their respective debates. Sen. Dan Quayle scored his best shot when he accused Michael Dukakis of promoting a farm policy designed by unidentified "Harvard buddies." For his part, Dukakis plans a last minute rural campaign sweep to attract the farm vote...
Still, neither candidate has been able to attract widespread farm support. Bush once dismissed an Iowan farmer's queries about agricultural policy by snapping, "I'm running for president, not secretary of agriculture...
...Wash U is a good school, and there are probably several areas in which it compares favorably to Harvard. But faculty quality? Are we expected to believe that Harvard can't attract faculty members with the academic caliber of those in St. Louis...
...while Crits strive to unite all of those they see as oppressed, some of the people they hope to attract--including some minority student groups--say they don't want to jump on the CLS bandwagon...
...effort to attract student workers, the SEO has recently begun listing all job openings in the house libraries, as well as on computer terminals in the Science Center...