Word: attractions
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...There’s no rivalry.” The bottom line? Officially, no conflict to be found. Students involved with one, both, or neither express satisfaction with their choices. And Chabad and Hillel, two student groups with more or less the same purpose, looking to attract the same members, have found a way to coexist, and even—G-d forbid—cooperate...
...also urges faculty to be proactive in implementing these reforms because “while [college] leaders have considerable leverage and influence of their own, they are often reluctant to employ these assets for fear of arousing opposition from the faculty that could attract unfavorable publicity, worry potential donors, and even threaten their jobs...
...going to block deals for what Dubai sees as political reasons, there is less of an incentive to trade with American companies--and it could bolster Dubai's effort to attract Arab capital to its nascent financial center. More concretely, Dubai is committed to $200 billion in projects, including expanding the city of Dubai's airport, and tons more hotels and condos. Dubai recently unveiled a plan to create a "global aerospace manufacturing and services corporation" that will offer leasing and repair services, challenging firms like General Electric (start-up funds: $15 billion). Emaar is building an entire city...
...story of two cowboys struggling with their sexuality, in the 78th Annual Academy Awards, as the film won Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay honors. The biggest film story of the night was that stories portraying the lives of gay, bisexual and transgender individuals broke through to attract mainstream attention and critical acclaim. Philip Seymour Hoffman won Best Actor for his potrayal of an openly gay author in “Capote.” But “Brokeback,” which garnered top honors at the Golden Globes, failed to turn in an encore performance...
...Nimbus deal, TV rights to three years of English cricket went for $384 million last summer, to Rupert Murdoch's British Sky Broadcasting. Nimbus' record-breaking offer is indicative of unimaginable sums of money that Indian cricket, with its vast and ever more affluent fan base, is able to attract. "The passion that India has for the game is greater than any other country has for any sport," says International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Malcolm Speed. "Factor in the billion-plus population and an economy growing by 7 to 8%?and what that means for the value...