Word: attractions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Furthermore, the current proposal of opening the major to 12 to 15 students may underestimate the amount of interest such a concentration could attract. When the faculty debates the proposal, it should take into account that in past years more than 20 students have applied for special concentration status in this field, and consider accommodating more within its new concentration...
This project, an adaptation of Kate Chopin's novel The Awakening, has begun to attract attention as a modestly budgeted sleeper that just might translate high-minded feminism into box-office success. Walker confides to his agent his plan to check on the proceedings, and he responds with weary irony: "Terrific, Gordo. You're just what they need down there. You can hassle Lee and piss on the press. Get drunk, start fights. Just like old times, right...
Ordinarily, such an occurrence, however regrettable, would not attract much attention (in 1983, the latest year for which such figures are available, 261 youngsters under age 18 were killed in shooting mishaps). But the next day another Houston boy, 12, shot and killed his eight-year-old half brother. Two days later, a third local youngster was fatally shot with a pistol. By last week the Houston area had recorded 13 accidental shootings in nine weeks, six of them fatal, all of them involving victims under 18 years...
...decisions, as well as suggestions on issues to tackle in the future. The council even made cute posters, featuring Clifford the Big Red Dog, with the slogan "Come Kvetch At Us." They bought Sprite, Fanta, Coke, Diet Coke, Tab, Ruffles, Pretzels, Doritos, Oreos, and even Blueberry Newtons, hoping to attract the hungry if no one else...
Council members joked that the reason for the lack of turnout in the forum was that it was scheduled for the same night as the Cosby show. They said that Thursday night "taught them a lesson" about making greater efforts to attract constituents to council events like the forum. But the real lesson is that students will not leave their television sets long enough to talk with their student government...