Word: attraction
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...squad's optimism is its confidence in Coach John Thompson '80. The volunteer coach has worked hard to obtain better equipment for the squad, and "golf at Harvard has improved a lot" since he took over, says Bickley. As a result of Thompson's efforts, "the team can attract better players. It's a self-perpetuating improvement, so the team's really on the upswing...
...contemporary filmdom, happy endings come few and far between. Thus the promise of one--apparent from the film's start--should attract those alienated by the present trend of realistic cinema. Yet this Room with a View gives its audience more than a string of paired couples and crescending music at the close. An insightful study of character and society, this version of the Forster classic is not to be missed...
Even so, the Cardinal can still celebrate Mass with little obstruction, and the Roman Catholic Church continues to draw a far more sizable crowd than the People's Church, the officially sanctioned church, which fails to attract a large segment of the population and even alienates some ardent Sandinistas. "We will not provoke. We plan to continue our work," says Father Bismark Carballo, Obando's special assistant. "We still have the pulpits; they are still open...
...pursue negotiations will probably not suffice to wring an aid package out of Congress this time around. Though it appears likely that Congress will eventually vote to send some more assistance, it is almost certain that there will be tight strings on the money. The proposals that seem to attract the most congressional support call for withholding all or some aid--at least the money used for buying weapons--for several months while the Administration seeks a negotiated peace between the Sandinistas and the contras, as well as a treaty securing peace in the region. At the end of that...
Harriet (Harriet Walter) is Snow's partner at the bookshop which they own, seemingly discontented with her simple role selling books and her inability to attract Snow's attention. She finally manages a congenial smile when Neara, the author of a famous series of children's books, walks into the bookshop...