Word: attractions
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...stabbed basso Boris Christoff with a stage sword?drew attention away from his sizable gifts as a singer ... In Italy bobby-soxers periodically mob him at the stage door, and there is every evidence that he may do for tenors what Ezio Pinza did for bassos. Says he: 'I attract mostly young, very beautiful girls...
...order to defray some of the cost of bringing a prominent group to Harvard, he says that placing the event under the banner of a larger cause, such as “support for a cure for AIDS,” would attract the interest of these groups and make them willing to perform at a lower cost...
...chemistry concentrator and science course assistant at the Extension School, Lurie hopes his “scientific mindset” will attract Harvard’s science students to his campaign...
...seems as if Mahan and Blickstead’s bid to attract the freshmen demographic may be met with some success...
England's cash-strapped universities strongly support the measure, arguing that the extra money will allow them to invest in infrastructure and attract more well-qualified professors. "It has become very difficult to recruit top academics, especially in fields with a lot of private-sector competition, like law and IT," says Ivor Crewe, of the representative body Universities U.K. But Tim Yeo, the opposition Conservative Party's spokesman for education, says the debts students accrue "will become so large that they will deter some students from attending university." Both the Tories and Liberal Democrats want to use taxes...