Word: attraction
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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OPPOSITES, apparently, do not actually attract. If they did, then the American Repertory Theatre and the Huntington Theatre Company would tear loose from their foundations, hurtle into the air, and smash into each other somewhere over Allston...
...while other Vermont mountains are scrambling to attract college students, Stratton's attitude seems ambivalent at best. There are no special college ski weeks, and there are few special events catering...
While Okemo does not have any special college ski weeks like some of the other places, the resort does try to attract students. The only mountain to offer a student discount, Okemo sells mid-week lift tickets for $13.50 (half of the regular $27) to anyone with a valid college...
Khashoggi's flamboyant life-style, besides gratifying his own inclinations, is a calculated element in his way of doing business. "Flowers and light attract nightingales and butterflies," he says, a metaphor he prefers to the more homespun "catching flies with honey." As a schoolboy in Egypt, he would earn $100, save half and use the rest to throw a party. He would be broke the next week, but, he says, "I would make a good impression, and all week everyone would invite me over." Some 15 years ago, he chartered a yacht and sailed to Sardinia, docking it between Aristotle...
...issue is not only who can afford a college education, but also what college graduates will, or can, choose to do with their educations. Who will choose a low-paying public interest job when faced with a $20,000 debt? And how do we expect to attract more qualified people to teaching careers when large debts make private sector jobs that much more attractive? Forcing students to mortgage their futures means mortgaging the future of the country...