Word: attractively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Thanks in part to the increased number of female business travelers and the lobbying efforts of the BWTC, the complaints are being heard. To attract female guests, several hotel chains have introduced new features -- some quaint, some useless, but many very welcome. Crest Hotels now offers "Lady Crest" rooms. The redesigned suites are more softly decorated than regular executive rooms, and come equipped with hair dryers, makeup mirrors, women's magazines, skirt hangers, irons and ironing boards, and an expanded range of bathroom toiletries. Similarly, Ramada takes care to assign women to specially outfitted rooms in well-lighted areas...
There was another element of hypocrisy in the Republican complaints. As Lucas' proponents are well aware, there is no such thing as an apolitical political appointment. The Bush Administration, which hopes to attract more black voters to the G.O.P., certainly had that goal in mind when it selected a black for the civil rights post. It has not ruled out giving Lucas a "recess appointment" to the job while Congress is out of session, which would allow him to serve until the end of 1990 without being confirmed. But if the Administration goes that route, it is sure to anger...
...There aren't a lot of programs in the field of education which attract a national audience," says Baden. "Most continuing education schools reach out to the community, but Harvard and this office see our mandate as being different...
...attire. Its eponym still buys bargain threads at a factory outlet. Despite his recent affluence, he continues to describe himself as "all name and no money." Thrift is a virtue for someone trying to build his own business without capital. Bush became known as a shrewd dealmaker who could attract investors without incurring debt. As the energy business flourished in the late '70s, he built a small, solvent outfit of his own. He also married Laura Welch, a librarian, just three months after they met. She explains the courtship's brevity by saying, "We were both...
...this is new, but it seems finally to have been accepted in large measure throughout the world. Twenty- six years ago, selling your jeans could land you in a Soviet prison. In May of this year, the Soviets put on a trade show in San Francisco to try to attract trading partners and investors like Levi Strauss...