Word: attractions
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...character, contrasted with the more pleasant depiction of the Mexican soldiers, help viewers concentrate their hatred on Santa Anna and less on the Mexican army in general. The director and writers seem to be trying to tone down the traditional xenophobia of this type of story in order to attract the widest possible audience...
...whom are members of a more forward-thinking age, whose cultural touchstones come from MTV and “Sex and the City” rather than Studio 54 and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” Indeed, many of the youth NPR hopes to attract have come to treasure Edwards’ wizened views on the world, which offer us a more seasoned take than our fresh-faced generation’s ace reporters. While young America certainly appreciates cutting-edge journalism with a more youthful spin, curious American youth also like the few sensible...
...corporate mating season begins in October. Nervous seniors perfect their resumes and sport their finest suits, hoping to attract job offers from sought-after firms: Goldman Sachs, Bain, McKinsey and the like. A select few applicants will secure a working relationship, but the majority will receive an e-mail beginning with the season’s most dreaded phrase: “We regret to inform you...” What factors land someone a position? According to Colleen M. Horan ’05, it takes brains, talent and a lot of “bullshitting...
...support. But their differences on fundamental peacetime social issues like abortion, gay marriage and, most powerfully, freedom of expression now threaten to loosen the hold Bush has likely had on Stern’s audience, made up of the same ordinary people whom the administration has always sought to attract...
...other U.S. bases in Afghanistan. Instead of the hundreds or thousands of troops that are in the large encampments, there are only a dozen Green Berets from what is known as Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 936 and a smattering of Marines. But they are dangling far from safety to attract a big catch. "This is Osama bin Laden's backyard," says the team sergeant. "And part of the solution to tracking him is having guys like us out here in isolated areas...