Word: lure
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Sometimes it was their own national disasters that sent immigrants flocking to America, sometimes it was wars or revolutions, and sometimes it was simply the lure of the New World. The influx, which the Government began to record in 1820, roughly follows the ups and downs of the U.S. economy, although improvements in transportation also fueled the urge to move. Overwhelmingly Northern and Western European at the beginning of the 19th century, the ethnic mix has become steadily more varied, a trend that is accelerating today...
...month-long strike by United's 5,000 unionized pilots. As of this week, the carrier plans to operate more than half of the 1,550 daily flights it logged before the strike, and hopes to return to nearly full service by July 1. One passenger lure: a 50% rebate on all fares during the first week in July. By midsummer, United expects to recapture its traditional 15% share of the business...
...Rambo vitamins, and New Yorkers can send a Rambogram, in which a Stallone look-alike will deliver a birthday message or carry out a tough assignment like asking the boss for a raise. The U.S. Army has started hanging Rambo posters outside its recruitment offices, hoping to lure enlistees. Rambo fever is even spreading overseas. The film has already broken box-office records in Beirut and the Philippines, and 25 companies have signed contracts to distribute Rambo merchandise, even in countries where the film has not yet opened...
Godard's crusty critique was one of this festival's few moments of redeeming silliness. For the third straight year, a nagging rain dampened spirits, and neither green-haired mimes nor 6-ft.-tall strolling Care Bears could lure visitors outside. The weather also diminished opportunities for the festival's oldest and most assiduously recorded sideshow: the ritual display of starlet flesh. Young women desiring to disrobe in public were forced to go high tech. Isabelle Solar, chief ornament of the French soft-core epic Joan, could be seen on the closed-circuit hotel TV network slipping into a steamy...
...either side could name. One hoped-for headline never discussed was a summit meeting. The U.S. was determined not to raise the issue explicitly, but Shultz provided Gromyko several openings to bring up President Reagan's invitation to meet with Gorbachev. The Soviet Foreign Minister did not take the lure. The Americans concluded that at present Gorbachev is more concerned with internal affairs than with diplomatic initiatives. The U.S., for its part, does not want to appear overeager. "It's obviously stupid to chase after the Soviets," said a top official. Whether there is a summit, he said...