Word: attractions
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Seeking to attract the throngs of Tribeca-minded film fanatics, the organizers of the Independent Film Festival of Boston (IFF) are turning the regional film spotlight on the Massachusetts Bay for the second year running. On display are a long weekend of independent feature films, documentaries and shorts that would make many a festival programmer’s mouth water...
...attract them and co-opt them to get them to want what you want,” he said...
...It’s true that soft power is not going to attract Osama bin Laden or al Qaeda. We need hard power to fight that,” he said. “Soft power prevents the loss of moderates to extremism. We need to give moderates an alternative vision. It’s not just whose army wins, it’s whose story wins...
...addressed to Secretary of State Colin Powell and Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, Summers urged immediate revisions of the student visa application process to avert the detrimental decline in foreign graduate students across the country. The situation has become so acute that Harvard and other institutions can no longer attract adequate numbers of foreign graduate applicants...
...fresh approach to philanthropy is making community giving hip--and affordable--for young adults. Concerned about an aging donor base, more than a dozen community foundations, from Hartford, Conn., to Albuquerque, N.M., are trying to attract the 25- to 45-year-old set through groups called future funds. Members pool their money--anywhere from $125 to $1,000--and then study proposals and award grants. So far, the idea is paying off, drawing dollars into community initiatives while priming young professionals for big-bucks giving down the line. Members often prefer start-up projects or edgy endeavors--as in Greensboro...