Word: attractions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sold the house partly because members believe they would attract more new members if the fraternity were closer to the River Houses, Meth said...
Lance responded that the Calhoun bank had long had a "liberal" overdraft policy to attract customers and that it applied to all depositors. Moreover, he contended, such a policy was "not an unusual practice" in a small rural community like Calhoun, where the bankers knew most of their customers and could judge whether this "extension of credit" involved any risk...
...proposed construction has drawn fire from many residents of Arlington, who argued that the new subway stops would attract commercial developers who would in turn disrupt neighboring areas with large shopping and hotel complexes...
...book most likely to attract attention to Amin is A State of Blood (Grosset & Dunlap; $10. Paperback, Ace Books; $2.50) by Henry Kyemba. He sought political asylum in Britain last May after serving Amin for six years as principal private secretary and later as Minister of Health. Written with the help of a former Reuters correspondent, John Man, A State of Blood is full of sensational detail. Kyemba reports for instance that Amin has experimented with cannibalism. "I have eaten human meat," he once remarked. "It is very salty, even more salty than leopard meat." Although Amin's bizarre...
...Summer School's six-year decline in enrollment ended in June, as more than 2000 students signed up for courses--a five- to six-per-cent increase over last summer. About 250 of the students entered under a new effort to attract high school students, which Summer School Director Michael Shinagel said fully accounted for the increase...