Word: attractions
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Aspen faces a showdown next week in the debate over its future, when residents will vote in a special election on whether to impose a local business tax. The revenues, which could generate up o $1.5 million a year, would go into a fund to set up services to attract tourists. Examples: a computerized central reservation system for the area's lodges and an association to woo ski clubs and conventions. Even if the new tax is approved, Aspen faces an uphill battle. For one thing, the baby boomers who led the rush to the slopes are older...
...whose financial aid networks are already in disarray thanks to federal aid cuts and bureaucratic delays over the past year. And above and beyond the practical difficulties of acting as the federal government's policemen, colleges and universities will face serious philosophical questions. Can an admissions office attempting to attract a diverse class or, at the very least, committed to furthering equal educational opportunity, double as a screening bureau for registration evaders...
...laughs, tears and special effects carried Hollywood to one of its most popular years in the U.S. and abroad, European film makers were finding it harder to attract attention, especially in the American market. The "art houses" of the 1960s, where a United Nations of cinema once reigned, now play host to mainstream movies from the suburbs of Los Angeles. Critics' groups, which had regularly knighted Ingmar Bergman and Federico Fellini, now bestow their awards on Steven Spielberg and Sydney Pollack. With many American critics, moviemakers and moviegoers on a slumming spree, the intellectual cachet of European films...
WHAT WAS IT ABOUT JAMES DEAN that enabled him to attract the cult-like, fanatical worship of thousands of teenage American girls from Hollywood to the drought-ridden town of McCarthy, Texas? What was it about these teenagers in the 1950s that made them treat Dean like a second messiah before and after his tragic death on September 30, 1955? And what was it about our society that prevented some of these teenagers from developing into mature, emotionally secure adults...
...Super NOW authorized last week, and many institutions have not offered it yet. Because the Super NOW allows unlimited check writing, it will be more expensive to operate than the money-market account. Moreover, bankers fear that the Super NOW will draw in little new money. Instead, it could attract much of the $340 billion in existing checking accounts that pay interest of 5¼% or less. To discourage customers from switching to the Super NOW, many banks are slapping stiff fees on the new account. The Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. in Winston-Salem, N.C., offers 7¼% interest...