Word: attractions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Political observers said the ability of Flynn into reach out into minority communities represented the first time a politician of Irish-ancestry has managed to attract substantial Black support...
McInerney's was the first fresh literary voice to attract national attention since John Irving finally arrived with The World According to Garp in 1978. McInerney made it faster, with less talent, by being in the right place at the right time. He also had a personal life that ran parallel to his fiction. Bright Lights caused a small stir by caricaturing a magazine that resembled the author's former employer, The New Yorker. The novel's more capitalizing feature was that its hero and his pals were regulars at Odeon and other lower- Manhattan spots that were trendy...
...economic policies that helped make Park's 18-year regime the crucible of a remarkable burst of development. The ex-Prime Minister said he was running in order to "take the judgment of the electorate" on the Park years. A former brigadier general, Kim Jong Pil is expected to attract a number of dissatisfied conservatives away from...
Heflin's defection was particularly damaging to Bork's chances for confirmation, since White House officials were hoping to use a "yes" vote from the former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court to attract other conservative Southern Democrats to Bork's side...
Miller said his plans for the campaign include a voter registration drive on campuses across the nation and a newsletter about the campaign activities. He said Gore's youthfulness--the candidate is 39--and his opposition to the Vietnam War will help attract students to the presidential aspirant...