Word: attracts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Back when the first World War was something, for interventionists to sell, the Class of 1918 began a spring social event with an unusual title and erratic make-up to parallel the Junior Dance and Senior Spread. Vocal competitions were its core of attraction with a reception, concept, buffet supper, and a dance tossed in "to attract even those who hitherto have taken no pleasure in listening to men's choruses...
...mother of one of the members. After a period of comparative quiet France Forever expects to enter more actively into the problem of national defense and the rally on Sunday, it is hoped will serve to bring unity to the action of the local Free French, and attract more members to the Boston chapter...
While 1945's big moment will be as big as any other class's, bigger because of the "Battle of Music" instead of just one band, it was felt that the lower price would attract those members of the class who might otherwise not be able to afford it. the committee is also preparing a pamphlet on hotel rates in the vicinity to help keep budgets down for the weekend...
...cultures, characteristics, and problems of European and Asiatic nations. In recent years the movement of emigrant scholars to Cambridge has provided the University with a distinguished array of experts on foreign countries. A course of study so vitally important to successful completion of national policy would surely attract governmental support, and the system of visiting experts in Littauer's seminars can well be applied to the new field. The students chosen to participate can do so of their own desire, or can be sent here in the same manner as are the military officers studying Physics or Chemistry...
...yesterday the second of a series of weekly jam sessions was held. The crowd was large, the entrance fee fifty-five cents, the drinks not too expensive, and the music excellent when the big names--Max Kaminsky, Al Morgan, and Joe Jones--were at work. The sponsors hope to attract a celebrity of Kaminsky's rank each week, in which case their drawing power around Boston, perhaps the most jazz-conscious city in the country, will be assured...