Word: attractions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Funded by $5 million from five major corporations, as well as a number of private contributors, the train will pass through 48 states, and expects to attract up to 2,000 visitors an hour at 76 stops. A four-car preliminary version of the train has already traveled 17,000 miles to 74 cities, harbinger of the full-size train to come. When that vehicle, powered by a steam locomotive, gets under way, it will be carrying such diverse samples of the national heritage as the first Bible printed in the U.S., George Washington's copy of the Constitution...
...close connection between course offerings and student composition is borne out by Extension School experiments to attract broader sectors of the community. The school sponsored a Training Teachers of Teachers program given two years ago in Roxbury that enabled residents of that neighborhood to fulfill requirements for teacher certification while pursuing an A.B. degree...
...publisher's sober side appealed to Wichita's pillars, it was his maverick streak that helped attract a young and capable staff to the Sun. Editorial Consultant Richard Crocker, 36, who oversees a stable of seven reporters, is on leave from his editing job at the Washington Post. Investigative Reporter Randy Brown, 34, contributed to the Omaha Sun's Pulitzer-prizewinning exposé of Boys' Town. Former Beacon Copy Chief Les Anderson, 25, was lured away from the Ridder operation along with other talented but disgruntled writers. "I was turning into a vegetable," he says. "There...
...subject of prison reform, Owens cited the lack of rehabilitation programs as the major problem in the Massachusetts prison system. He said the "people who are guards in prisons could be better used as counselors." He also suggested that education systems be built around prisons to attract more government funding...
Pines said Wednesday that although there was debate on the bill and opposition from the state association of superintendents, the bill did not attract a great deal of attention. Her attempt last April to extend the state law to higher education was killed when the bill died in committee. "Harvard killed it," Pines said, by lobbying heavily against the proposed bill...