Word: attraction
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...local bank at below prime rate. The reason for the discount: the union agreed to invest $1.5 million of its pension fund in the bank's certificates of deposit. In nearby Somerville, Mass., the nonprofit Somerville Corp. used $484,000 from a 1984 federal Urban Development Action grant to attract more than $2 million in other funding. The money enabled Somerville Corp. to build 32 red cedar town houses for local residents on the site of a former school. The houses sold...
Industry observers were hard pressed to see the merit of such a merger. But in announcing its interest in Piedmont, the railroad may attract other bidders for the airline. Norfolk might then walk away with a handsome profit on its investment without ever having flown into the turbulent airline business...
...well-represented, as are the ranks of plays that have become movies, such as "Betrayal", "Deathtrap", "The Philadelphia Story", and "The Diary of (Not Cleared) Frank". There are also several more experimental works, including a few student-written plays. Judging by the sign-up sheets, the better-known plays attract the most actors...
...than being seen mostly by nurses and technicians. Says Victoria Leonard, executive director of the National Women's Health Network: "We see doctors not answering questions, giving curt answers, not spending enough time with patients. Years ago a doctor was more of a family adviser. Now medicine tends to attract the person who enjoys the high-tech procedures. Almost by definition, that's not a people person...
Riesman, who retired in 1980, believes that if forced retirement were abolished, universities would be unable to attract the younger generation into a career of academia...