Word: attractions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Island, as "marginal," meaning that they could go broke at any moment. As a whole, the industry is making money, but pitifully little. Railroad net income in 1971 totaled $355 million, or 2.7% of revenues-and much of that came from non-railroad operations. That is not enough to attract the loan money necessary to repair and modernize the railroads' vastly overbuilt network of tracks, yards and systems. Transportation Secretary John Volpe, a dedicated free-enterpriser, warns that large chunks of the railroads' total mileage must be scrapped immediately to save costs or the whole system will wind...
...order to attract more capital, Yugoslavia now seems willing to open its economy wider to investment from other countries, including the U.S. Foreign investment in Yugoslavia has totaled only $62 million since 1967, mostly because the government has insisted that Yugoslav companies retain control of any joint project by owning at least 51 % of it. Two months ago, however, the government permitted the nation's largest copper and brass fabricator to form a fifty-fifty partnership with Bieler National Industries, a smallish U.S. marketing firm. Other equally owned ventures may be allowed in industries where Yugoslavia lacks...
...terribly surprising that a number of quite gifted actors have banded together to produce plays that will help them attract that adorational enthusiasm. The group is called LARC (for Loose Actors Revolving Company), and it includes George C. Scott, George Grizzard, Anne Bancroft, Blythe Danner, Colleen Dewhurst, Julie Harris, Frank Langella, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Rod Steiger, Pat Hingle, Richard Kiley, Dustin Hoffman and quite a few others. They have, and they feel they ought to have, the determining voice on scripts. This is an error of the first order; actors are to scripts as seals are to fish...
...CURRENTLY attempting to implement an internal affirmative action plan to end discriminator job practice within the department. Judging from HEW's own recent experience. Richardson foresees "ultimate problems down the road when-all of us have the same lists available. Also it becomes more difficult for smaller institutions to attract quality people while they are forced to compete with the larger more prestigious institutions such as Harvard for people from the same pool...
IMPORTANT FOLK of folk-blues performers depend on intensely personal styles. They attract great audiences if their style is melodic, lyrical, and energetic. If their songs deal with problems within many people's experience, the music will be performed by lots of amateur and professional singers. Sometimes the style may be unusual and engaging, but the music or lyrical content too idiosyncratic to be broadly popular. Occasionally the distinction is not so clear-cut. Singers such as Woody Guthrie or Bob Dylan have written immensely popular songs; although the two are not exceptional singers, rarely have more capable singers performed...