Word: attractions
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...rice prop up the occasional war victim without legs. It was here, in 1969, where my mom was sewing and selling dresses with one of her sisters. Amidst cackling chickens and radio reports about the war, my father stumbled into the market. Ma must have been beautiful to attract his attention. After all, he came looking for a wedding dress for his fiancée back in the States, not to pick up some Vietnamese girlfriend. But he couldn’t resist. He asked my mother out with the assistance of her English-speaking sister. Her response? A brutal...
...time, the new apartments were expected to attract mostly students from HBS, which Keller says tries to keep at least 85 percent of its graduate students in University housing...
...leading scholar in the world on race, gender and science, according to the department’s chair, Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr. Her work on the influence of technology and scientific development on the African-American experience in American culture will undoubtedly attract students wishing to explore this emerging area of study. And Hammonds has years of her prime academic work ahead of her, fitting with Summers’ expressed intention to tenure younger faculty...
Richard D. Kadison at UHS, chief of mental health services, said he hopes the accessibility of the site will attract a large number of Harvard students...
...those old-fashioned grab-a-prize machines, updated with a hydraulic system that raises the platform holding the prizes. Improbably, it's one of the hot games at a show that is a mix of high-tech gimmickry and homey touches like corn dogs and inflatable scarecrows to attract spectators...