Word: attractive
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...least 60% of the nation's business. It invests in iron foundries, textile mills and shipyards, factories from Dan to Beersheba. When the army's victories made Israel safe beyond these scriptural bounds, Histadrut reopened King Solomon's (copper) mines and built a luxury hotel to attract tourists to Elath. Denounced as monopolistic (its grandiose Tel Aviv headquarters is known as the Kremlin), Histadrut has lately agreed to invest jointly with private enterprise...
Teachers' colleges are, by and large, farcical diploma mills churning out second-rate instructors on a conveyer belt of picayune courses--motion picture camera projection, physical education, fingerpainting. And because their facade is so widely realized, they attract primarily the aimless high school graduate with no particular talents and less interest in any profession. Staffed and stocked by this brand of mediocrity, education will continue to devolve...
...antenna rose from the top of the floating balloon and transmitted radio signals that were audible 60 miles away. A stroboscopic light started flashing so brightly that it could be seen for 20 miles. A fluorescent dye spread over the water, making a patch of bright color to attract search aircraft. As a final touch, a shark-repelling chemical dissolved in the water. Sharks are fascinated by the recovery apparatus, and a nip from one of them could send the whole thing to the bottom...
Wilt got a fat fee from Look for his story, will not be eligible for the pros until his college class graduates next year. But the figure of $25,000 seems to attract him. After he gets back from his barnstorming tour, he plans to demand just that amount in salary from the Philadelphia Warriors...
...recession without leaning on tax cuts or other Government help? The principal way to fight the slump, said Percy in his prepared speech, is to "produce better values -and do it fast." His company moved up by a year the introduction of nine new products, reduced prices to attract customers, planned a 67% increase in spending for capital equipment in 1958 over 1957. Said Percy: "We cannot believe in profits without believing in risks." Bell & Howell payoff: first-quarter gains of 21½% in sales, 23% in net earnings, 4½% in total employment...