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Word: attractions (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...University officials, the Black activists explored the idea of a new committee to monitor Harvard's efforts to hire Black faculty and staff. Their leg-work came to fruition this spring when Bok agreed to the creation of an ad hoc group to recommend new ways to better recruit, attract and hold on to Black faculty and administrators...

Author: By Johnathan S. Sapers, | Title: Changing the System From Within | 9/17/1984 | See Source »

...question on each of issues is: How well will they serve to attract crucial swing voters? Each side can fairly well count on its core constituency: for Mondale, minorities, the poor, organized labor; for Reagan, religious fundamentalists, the well-to-do and conservatives of every stripe. The real battle is for the middle, in particular two key groups: the blue-collar middle class and the smaller but influential core of young professionals sometimes called Yuppies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Smelling the Big Kill | 9/17/1984 | See Source »

...extraordinary Hibernia offshore oil and gas resources. They've been unable to do so because of the Liberal contention that either you develop it Ottawa's way or you don't develop it at all. Second, we have to create opportunities for growth, to attract job-creating equity capital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Unusual Country: Canada's Brian Mulroney | 9/17/1984 | See Source »

...attract young men who cannot yet afford a Boss suit, the company last year came out with a line of casual wear, including sweatshirts, jeans and sports jackets. Price range in the U.S.: $50 for a sweatshirt to $180 for a typical jacket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Boss Look for the Boardroom | 9/10/1984 | See Source »

...very rich, who contract out the messy things in life; the very dull, who have nothing to hide and nothing to show; and the very devious, expert at covering their tracks and ambitious enough to risk their discovery. This is not to say that our current politics does not attract such characters, only that it still manages to attract others as well. A few more Ferrarogates and that pool will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Pietygate: School for Scandal | 9/10/1984 | See Source »

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