Word: attractions
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...least in our society, inappropriate, my attachment to Alcott remains. There comes a time when we are supposed to discard children’s books and read “real” literature. Yet something about the books adults read when they’re young continues to attract and influence them. Books like the Harry Potter series and Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” trilogy owe a large part of their success to fact that they’ve managed to attract adult readerships. And adults still seek to justify...
...included a promise to assign ministerial posts to prospective allies from the UDF if it comes to her aid against Sarkozy. Many elected officials from the udf are open to persuasion by their historical allies on the right. But Bayrou's voters are another story: polls suggest Royal could attract almost half of them, while Sarkozy is the remaining choice for only a quarter. Yet some of them are bound to resist any lures from either Sarko or Ségo. "Both of them talk about protecting us - the mother protector and the father protector," says Renaud Gaultier, an industrial...
Some decades ago, the powers that be declared that employee diversity was a good thing, as desirable as double-digit profit margins. It's proving just as difficult to achieve. Companies try all sorts of things to attract and promote minorities and women. They hire organizational psychologists. They staff booths at diversity fairs. They host dim-sum brunches and salsa nights. The most popular--and expensive--approach is diversity training, or workshops to teach executives to embrace the benefits of a diverse staff. Too bad it doesn't work...
ERIC BANA played Banner in Ang Lee's poorly received 2003 film. Overshadowed by his massive, computer-generated Hulk persona, Bana didn't attract many fans. Will Norton fare better in what Marvel calls a "do-over"? Don't answer; you might make him angry...
...nation's schools can attract and train more effective teachers...