Word: attractions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Savers program was authorized by Congress in the summer of 1981 as a 15-month stopgap measure to help banks and S and Ls attract funds. By last week, as the certificates started to mature, the biggest question in the industry was: Where would investors stash their money next? Courted by bankers who are anxious to roll over the All Savers deposits into other bank investments, and cajoled by brokers and other financial advisers who are eager to snatch the funds away, some 4 million All Savers depositors across the U.S. were bombarded through the week by telephone calls, mailgrams...
Without funds to support junior researchers, however, centers such as Harvard's have failed to attract large numbers of graduate students...
...induce several local bands to appear. It was not until the weekend prior to the demonstration that University officials--thanks to a public service announcement on a Boston radio station--found our there would music. Moreover, there was concern that one of the bands. Session of Barms, would attract a significant non-Harvard following...
...automakers' determined efforts to attract budget-minded buyers should get at least something of a boost from the ongoing decline in inflation. The Labor Department announced last week that consumer prices rose at an annual rate of only 3.3% in August, half as much as in July. A drop in gasoline prices contributed to the decline, as did lower food prices...
...without exception since Mary Poppins in 1964; the organization's celluloid bid for adult acceptance, TRON, has yet to recoup its $22 million expenditure. The recession and the declining appeal of its theme parks have reduced attendance at Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom. Epcot Center is expected to attract 9 million admissions its first year at a one-day price of $15. Disney strategy is to persuade guests to tarry at both Magic Kingdom (13.2 million admissions in 1981) and Epcot at a bargain four-day adult rate of $45 for the two, thus lengthening their stays. Epcot...