Word: attractions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ultimately, we conclude that in developing her outline for the nove, McCullough never fully defined her theme or her goals. We could have accepted her conception of the hospital base as a nondescript, cardboard background against which the characters of Ward X were meant to shine and attract our undivided attention. But in the course of the novel whe provides us with several extraneous alternative story lines. By the end, the novel has become only in part, the story of Honour Langtry, a 30-year-old nurse who has devoted her life to duty--"the indecent obsession." Langtry's sense...
...possibility of England wresting away Canada's control of her own destiny. Since the constitutional debate is highly politicized, Canadian politicians must absorb some blame for the plausibility of such an occurence. But the British parliament should abide by Trudeau's decision, whether or not he manages to attract provincial consent. England out of Canada...
More troubling is the realization that under questioning, even the most sophisticated Angel will recite stories of gang wars won, bullets whizzing overhead and knife wounds to the abdomen. We should certainly wonder whether Sliwa's expansion program will attract public-spirited kids concerned about purse snatchers or toughs who are only too happy to find a sanctioned duty as inner-city commandoes...
Optimistic about the prospects of getting its own building, Biochemistry even used the structure as bait to attract faculty. Jack L. Strominger, professor of Biochemistry since 1968, recalls that the building "was held out as an incentive...
...years, the PRI's presidential candidate is handpicked by his predecessor before a meaningless election. This year's choice, Programming and Budget Minister Miguel de la Madrid, is a Kennedy School-educated, free-market conservative who says he favors closer cooperation with the United States. He will work to attract foreign investment and to increase the production of luxury goods. Though de la Madrid and his party can be praised for giving Mexico a half century of "stability" while much of Latin America has been engulfed in turmoil, it is this same party that has tolerated the existence...