Word: attractions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...McGovern's reckoning, the biggest single factor in his loss was Richard Nixon's ability to attract voters who otherwise would have favored Alabama Governor George Wallace. If Wallace had not been shot and had run as an Independent, McGovern contended, "we would have had a far different result...What we now have is a country presided over by a President who has married the Republican Party to the Wallace people...
...years ago Chief of Naval Operations Elmo Zumwalt set about changing what he called the "lily-white racist Navy" into an even-handed institution that would be able to attract recruits and keep and promote blacks within its ranks. Of all his innovative ideas, the attempt to fully integrate the Navy seemed to many to be the most courageous and substantial...
...often on tape-cassette recordings of the master's voice. Were it not for the constant traffic to and from the Perón home, a nearby hotel (dubbed "Hotel Argentina") would probably have folded long ago, since it is too far from the center of Madrid to attract tourists...
...American premies (loved ones) heralded his advent in the U.S. with a press release stating: "He is coming in the clouds with great power and glory, and his silver steed will drift down at 4 p.m. at Los Angeles international airport, TWA Flight 761." That was enough to attract a coterie of guru buffs and various other seekers. In little over a year their number has swelled to some 30,000 youthful followers who man "Divine Light" centers in 45 states...
...winners, who will each receive $2,000, believe that the awards will bring new recognition of chemotherapy's value as a means of combatting cancer. The researchers themselves may also attract wider attention in the future. In the 27 years since the Lasker Foundation began making awards, 22 of the recipients have gone on to win Nobel Prizes as well...