Word: attractions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Amin Gemayel's foes, which in turn would prompt Republican charges that the Democrats had stymied a political reconciliation among Lebanon's factions. The absence of stipulations also made political sense for O'Neill's party: a nonbinding resolution with no deadline is likely to attract the most votes in Congress. Committee members postponed voting on the measure, however, after hearing an impassioned defense of Administration policy by Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Lawrence Eagleburger. He predicted that a removal of the Marines now would only encourage Syria to seek greater sway over Lebanon...
...have rightly countered that their events, which are open to all students, merely provide a needed support net-work and sense of community for minority freshmen. It is these same legitimate concerns that the College itself caters to in April, when it hosts a minority pre-freshmen weekend to attract minorities to Harvard...
...tribes more and more of its police, job-training, education and social programs every year. In 1983, BIA handed over control of $235 million of these projects to the tribes, up from $50 million in 1976. Congress last year appropriated $5 million in "seed money" to attract light industry and business to the reservations...
Some residents feel that the presence of high-tech industries will attract higher income professionals, forcing housing prices up and long-time residents out. This process, called gentrification, has already occurred in parts of Cambridge and Boston...
...despite politicians goodwill, it may be difficult both to attract private developers and to alleviate fears of gentrification in East Cambridge. The area is not attractive enough yet to burden developers with extra costs such as requirements to build low-cost housing for the right to construct commercial buildings...