Word: attractions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...miss her erratic leadership. Defeated in the Democratic primary on Feb. 22 by Congressman Harold Washington, the only black ever to win a major party's mayoral nomination in Chicago, Byrne had offered herself as a write-in candidate in the April 12 general election, obviously hoping to attract the votes of white Democrats. Astonishingly, she apparently did not see that her candidacy was likely to draw white votes away from Republican Candidate Bernard Epton and ensure the election of Washington. Last week, with key campaign aides quitting and former Supporter Ted Kennedy stumping for Washington, Byrne, belatedly realizing...
...only substantive result of last year's discussions were informal "recruiting' efforts by some House Masters to attract students with particular talents or backgrounds. The recruiting efforts had little apparent effect a follow-up study revealed almost identical demographic disparities. By this fall, the entire question of demographic balance had evaporated, in spite of the lingering gaps...
...year after the controversy, few House Masters say they have done more to attract freshmen than hold the usual number of parties and events during the two-week Open House period prior to the housing lottery...
Sixty years later, TIME continues to attract advertisers and readers. In 1982, worldwide ad revenues generated $350 million, making TIME No. 1 among all magazines. TIME'S domestic circulation today stands at 4.5 million copies...
...victory there would be somewhat deceptive, however, since the resolution is not the same one defeated by House and Senate last summer. In order to attract more votes, the sponsors amended the bill to call for negotiated arms reductions as well as a freeze. Still, Congressman Edward Markey insists that the pristine freeze has not been turned to slush. The new language is a matter of "semantics," says the Massachusetts Democrat. "It's just fiddling. It's not significant." In fact, the loosely worded compromise is a measure of how entirely symbolic the idea of a nuclear "freeze...