Word: attractions
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With the box office for his movies dwindling with each successive release, Woody Allen pulls out all the stops to attract an audience for Anything Else. His pre-film desperation apparently was so great that he even managed not to cast himself as romantic lead opposite an actress 40 years his junior. Christina Ricci and the film’s overall plausibility level benefit as a result, but Anything Else has nevertheless been a catastrophe for both Allen and his financial backers. The movie is marginally better than the director’s other recent efforts, even making...
...programs to provide youth interaction with political leaders, greater accessibility to public service internships and a foundation for civic education across the country, can help to reverse the growing divide between young people and the political process. And when young people are active in the political process, they will attract the attention of candidates—compelling legislators to address concerns of a younger voting constituency...
...center will work with departments to attract professors who study nervous systems and human and animal cognition from the cellular to the evolutionary level. According to Meister, the center would fund half of each professor’s salary, with the other half coming from the affiliated FAS department...
...crux of university-community conflict is often over the tax exemption these institutions enjoy. Whether the tax exemption of colleges and universities actually constitutes a fiscal drain is highly debatable. These institutions attract large numbers of taxable uses, and adjacent residential and commercial values are elevated by their presence...
...wants to attract Harvard diners, it certainly has its work cut out for it. First and foremost, it must differentiate itself from ‘Nochs, which many students regard as the be all and end all of Cambridge pizza establishments. Second, it needs to overcome its location on the oft-neglected stretch of Mass. Ave. between the Yard and Porter Square, which is usually frequented only by the most curious gourmands and Quadlings. After a Friday night visit to Di Mio, however, it quickly became apparent that the new gourmet pizzeria has what it takes to overcome these obstacles...