Word: attractions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...parachute jumping, the mayor waterskiing, and trucks dumping hundreds of fish into the cleaned-up waterway. In the Texas hill country, the tiny town of Luckenbach (pop. 6), now made famous by Waylon Jennings' country-and-western song about the simple life there, is holding Saturday night dances that attract as many as 2,000 outsiders...
...shifting sexual standards and who is more adept at exploiting them. In this, Penthouse Publisher Bob Guccione, a canny tortoise, has at least drawn even with the Bunnies of Hugh Hefner, whose bigger but long overextended Playboy empire is in trouble. Only Hefner's London gambling clubs, which attract rich Arab bettors, are an unabashed success. The IRS is also questioning whether Hefner's high living expenses ($3 million in 1976) are deductible...
...resembles a cross between a carpenter's loft and a berserk florist's, with wooden-slat love seats hung by chains from the ceiling, planters full of chrysanthemums, floor-to-ceiling mirrors and South American fishing baskets. Says Co-Owner Rick Parker, 23: "We built it to attract females." It does; they favor dark-red Clara Bow lips, heavy smoky eyelids and multilayered mascara, with plumage ranging from see-through sheers to stretchy tube tops and gauzy drawstring trousers. Among holders of some 200 VIP cards are Liz Ray, Senator S.I. Hayakawa and sundry Washington Redskins...
Rival Shuttle. Laker is confident of making a profit; to do so, he will have to fill an average two-thirds of the 345 seats on each flight during the summer rush. Pan Am and TWA, which hope to attract some of Laker's customers, are sure to offer some rival shuttle of their own, or at least cut-rate stand-by seating on regularly scheduled flights. Some other transatlantic lines may do so too -but not Laker's state-owned competitor, British Airways. British authorities do not plan to grant British Airways a Skytrain-type license...
...most valuable learning experiences for both teachers and students come from courses that can withstand the test of student interest. Requirements can force students to take courses that they will not like and may not learn from. Courses that naturally attract students' interest and attention will provide a far more meaningful experience...