Word: attractive
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...been active enough in creating a public image of itself as a leader in science education and research. If Harvard were only to present the "true" picture of itself to prospective applicants, this argument runs, increased knowledge that Harvard is not merely concerned with the liberal arts would attract more and better science talent to the College...
Freshmen, therefore, are advised by Faculty members who are "typically neutral or negative to Social Relations, and who are particularly anxious to attract the students into other fields," Pettigrew said...
Repertory Boston productions, although they were often favorably reviewed, failed from the beginning to attract a sufficient audience. Frequently the mammoth Wilbur Theatre had fewer than 100 people in the house, leading to jests that often there were more people on stage than in the audience...
...current quest for culture is a desire, heavy with overtones of both social snobbery and cultural inferiority, to "understand" what art is all about. Courses telling a person how to look at a piece of art or records explaining what it is that the hearer is hearing continue to attract large audiences and fat profits. "I want to learn to appreciate art," is a common pronouncement of anxious masses fearful whether they are not "complete" persons until they do. It is such a context that gives so great importance to the methods and approach of the Faculty of Design...
...alternative to the present system, offered by the Cordiner Committee, a House subcommittee on manpower needs, proposed to create an all volunteer armed service by increasing incentives in those areas which do not attract many volunteers now. But even assuming the services could support themselves in this manner, it is unlikely that the concept of universal service would have been scrapped. The draft has proven an effective way of putting at least some bright young men in uniform, men who might not volunteer for duty...