Word: attracts
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...major sport, wrestling would attract more men; stiffer competition within the eight weight classes would result in better teams which would, in turn, attract even larger crowds than those under the present system do. Last year, wrestling drew the third largest number of spectators, and was one of the very few sports which helped offset the huge H.A.A. deficit. Spectator interest as well as participant interest would be enhanced if wrestling were a major sport, for the sport can be a thrilling one if the fan knows what it's all about...
...specialist, more by its nature than the design of the department's officials. It is a study that demands ability to read French (or Italian or Spanish) in order to get the full benefit from French (or Italian or Spanish) writers. Courses given in English translations would attract large audiences, but many instructors in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures feel strongly that such courses would lose much of the value of literature studies. Moliere in English is still a quasi-Moliere, even in a good translation...
Aspirants for the eight positions have from next Monday until Monday, March 7, to attract freshman votes...
Outing Club officials start a spring term membership drive tomorrow to swell the group's present 220 man roster. Club officers are at present planning a new spring program of cave exploring and mountain climbing trips to attract new members...
Excitedly aware that such prime specimens would attract more publicity than Gargantua and His Mate, Virginia go-getters set out to bag them. Last week, after negotiations with the State Department and the armed forces, Virginia was rewarded. The Russian airmen, blond, 32-year-old Anatoly Barsov, and black-haired, 29-year-old Piotr Pirogov, were delivered to the U.S. for a grand tour of the Old Dominion...