Word: attractions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fellow Viet Nam veterans needed palpable, permanent recognition in Washington, their own monument in the city of monuments. His Viet Nam Veterans Memorial Fund (V.V.M.F.) persuaded Congress to assign them two acres on the Mall, got 500,000 donors to give $7 million and managed to attract 1,421 entries to a professionally judged design competition. V.V.M.F. wanted a "reflective and contemplative" memorial with an "emphasis ... on those who died"-including a display of their names-and "without political or military content." Maya Ying Lin, then a Yale architecture student, won the competition with her subtle, somber design, which looks...
...better-educated generation of Soviet leaders, Gorbachev holds a law degree from Moscow State University. Well-tailored and self-confident, the short, round-faced Gorbachev has the air of an intellectual, and can make perfunctory speeches sound almost interesting. As a newcomer to Moscow politics, he has yet to attract a following in the party bureaucracy. Says a Western analyst: "He's only served in one part of the country, dealing with one issue. His party and functional bases are very narrow." But as a member of the Party Secretariat as well as a full member of the Politburo...
...program is being initiated largely to attract students to the university's science and engineering departments, as well as to provide undergraduates with opportunities to get Navy-sponsored scholarships, according to a statement released by University President Lloyd H. Elliot...
...neither Kerrey's panache nor his good looks won the election. He promised to attract jobs with more aggressive economic development, and took advantage of the fact that Thone had made enemies. The state's education lobby was angered by Thone's support of unaccredited fundamentalist schools. Other voters were upset by his approval of increases in state sales and income taxes. Thone also had irked some farmers, even though he had nothing to do with the fact that agricultural prices have fallen for three years...
Lashman served as head of the Massachusetts Housing and Finance Agency in Dukakis's first term as governor four years ago. A key side in this year's Dukakis campaign, he helped attract crucial support from labor and teacher groups...