Word: attractions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Since its inception five years ago, the institute has supported about 25 pre-doctoral fellowships for scholars wishing to study Afro-American, African and Caribbean cultures, Huggins said. He added that the addition of a post-doctoral program would attract greater numbers of minority scholars to the University...
...strongest argument for a center on a philosophical level is the University's much-stated commitment to diversity. Harvard should be able to come up with a solid proposal for a Third World center to reinforce its pledge to attract and educate Third World students. Aside from the clear practical advantages a Third World facility would provide for student groups now laboring out of cramped quarters in the basement of Memorial Hall, a center would have significant symblolic value as well. The University should feel a responsibility to take a leading role among schools across the nation...
City Councilor Walter Sullivan recommended last month that the managers be given $4000 increases instead, arguing that the city could not attract and keep top-flight workers at current wages...
...role of the vice president has changed greatly since the days when the number-two man on the ticket did little more than attract a few regional votes. In the post-Watergate years the positions, personalities and characters of potential candidates have been closely scrutinized before nomination. And over a longer period--with the growing size and complexity of the federal bureaucracy--the vice presidency has evolved into a position with more substantive duties...
...attract needed dollars, the government is resorting to vintage capitalist incentives. Saigonese with dollar accounts abroad who repatriate their wealth are rewarded with access to duty-free stores that sell imported goods. Citizens who receive dollars from relatives overseas can exchange them for Vietnamese dong at a premium rate. Businesses that make products for international trade are allowed to receive or spend dollars and gold freely. Explains one government adviser: "We don't care where the dollars come from as long as they are used to import raw materials and create new jobs." Saigon is also welcoming investment from...