Word: attractions
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...little more than a ramshackle residential area of 15,000 inhabitants two years ago. Now, it's being buffed and polished for the outside world, with B-52 cocktails served alongside bai jiu-the local firewater-and macchiatos almost as readily available as yak-butter tea. The bars attract a lively, mixed crowd of residents, young travelers, artists and adventurers, doubtless hoping to find their own Shangri-La. Chances are they'll do a better job than Hilton, who never went to China, or Tibet for that matter...
...Machida says the firm had trouble competing because it didn't manufacture the most important TV component, the cathode-ray tube. Forced to cobble together parts bought from competitors, Sharp was essentially an assembler, cranking out televisions that were always a little too expensive and too poorly engineered to attract many customers. It was a dispiriting struggle, says Machida: "If you are in electronics manufacturing and you are not strong in TVs, your business and your brand image will suffer...
...This is the time of the year that they traditionally come around, so we take extra precautions,” he says. “It’s just that they come around and they tend to attract groups that may be intent on doing something besides peaceful...
...that gap continues or widens, its going to be more and more difficult to attract the best faculty to public universities,” Curtis said...
...money to Harvard if it met several demands regarding the status of women at the university—prime among them an increase in the number of tenured female faculty. The fund grew to $100,000—not a lot in terms of Harvard fundraising, but enough to attract the national media...