Word: attractions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shadowy realm of Israel's intelligence agency, MOSSAD. It was not until 1969, after he had become the manager of a small rubber fac tory, that Shamir began to attend meetings of Begin's Herut Party. Employing his adroit administrative skills, he established a department to attract members from the flood of Jewish immigrants who had arrived in the wake of the 1967 war. In 1973, he won a seat in the Knesset and, following his re-election four years later, he was appointed Speaker of the body. Although Shamir had irritated Begin by refusing to support...
...City, a glittering $140 million oasis built in the homeland with the virtually unpronounceable name of Bophuthatswana. The state has a population of 1.4 million and an average annual income of less than $500 a year. The resort's slot machines, roulette wheels and befeathered chorus girls attract as many as 50,000 visitors a day, mostly well-to-do whites who make the two-hour drive from Pretoria and Johannesburg...
...competed on the basis of customer convenience. Branches sprouted like hamburger stands as banks ventured into out-of-the-way places. Says Steven Rautenberg, a vice president with Chase Manhattan: "Since we couldn't offer market value on savings, we needed a branch on almost every corner to attract business." The total number of branches of banks in the U.S. increased from 21,880 in 1970 to 43,995 in 1981, the peak year...
Newcomers may find local shopping a shock. The major mall is too far away to visit regularly, and ruburban stores, trying to attract both natives and newcomers, carry schizophrenic stock. The appliance-repair shop also sells running shoes; the wine selection at the liquor store shows promise, but the owner still recommends Riesling with meat loaf; the grocery displays bagels next to the pork chops, and one store may handle both hot tubs and pool tables...
Today's original-instrument performers are Landowska's heirs. Once considered the last refuge of a poor musician, authentic instruments now attract performers of international caliber: Dutch Violinist Jaap Schroder, who collaborated with Hogwood on the Mozart symphony series, the English Concert's Pinnock, a top-notch harpsichordist whose reading of Bach's Goldberg Variations is perhaps the most convincing on discs; American Pianist Malcolm Bilson, one of the leading exponents of classical keyboard music, which he plays on the fortepiano, a predecessor of the modern instrument. "Everybody understands that there must be different sopranos...