Word: broadening
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...design also allows the company to create areas throughout the ship that target specific demographics, such as families. With a carousel on deck and buffets featuring animals carved from fruit, along with science labs, crafts centers and play theater, the company is trying to broaden its appeal. But the goal is to lure not only parents but folks in their 40s with incomes of $90,000 or more. The industry isn't quite there yet. According to the Cruise Lines International Association, the average cruiser's age is 50--down from 56 in 2002--but RCL is hoping Oasis cracks...
...Innovation Challenge, a contest organized by Harvard Student Agencies, The Technology and Entrepreneurship Center, and The Harvard College Entrepreneurship Forum. They received a cash prize and, more importantly, support from HSA. With this help, Yan and his team have been expanding the company, and they plan to broaden the iPhone app’s scope even further after they graduate...
...picture that has emerged. On Wednesday, Umarov's Islamist group, the radical wing of the Chechen resistance, claimed responsibility for the attack on the train en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg. Now Musayev and experts agree that Russia, having ignored Umarov's stated intention in August to broaden his targets, faces the prospect of a nationwide insurgency...
Citing a desire to bolster development, China pledged $10 billion in low-interest loans and other economic benefits to African nations. In Sharm el-Sheikh to announce the plan on Nov. 8, Premier Wen Jiabao dismissed suggestions that the initiative is merely an attempt to broaden China's business interests on the continent. The package--coming on the heels of a $5 billion pledge in 2006--includes clean-energy projects, debt cancellations and tariff exemptions...
Through the speaker series, HFAI looks to broaden its influence within the larger student body. “The important thing is to engage everyone in a dialogue about educational access,” HFAI Student Coordinator Doris Le ’12 said. “That’s my goal for the speaker series. I think there is always room for more discussion...