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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Financial aid and funds destined for specific purposes usually lure donors more readily than giving to facilities or general renovation, he says...

Author: By James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Capital Campaign Enters Final Year | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

...real estate broker. The Manhattan real estate broker might be considered the lowest from of the many creatures that inhabit New York City. He or she will trick you, pressure you, lie to you and take your money. Once you've paid him everything you can, he'll lure you into his clutches and demand more. But you have nothing more to go on than his word, because he has a monopoly on the housing information in New York City. In fact, it's close to impossible to find an apartment without...

Author: By Sandra Favelukes, | Title: Moving on Up? | 6/2/1998 | See Source »

...Mutual Life Insurance Company, for instance, tried to lure Harvard graduates with the prospect of "$4,000 to $9,000 a year, and more!" in advertisements in campus publications...

Author: By Andrew K. Mandel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Men to Boys: Making Movies and Memorials | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

...current claimant to the title of Black Widow is trying to lure more men into her web, by using the Web -- from prison, no less. Jill Coit, who has been married 11 times to 9 men and is currently serving a life sentence without parole for murdering one of them, posted an ad online offering herself for marriage to men looking for U.S. citizenship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Black Widow's Web | 5/26/1998 | See Source »

...offering a standard room, with all those freebies and more, starting at about $315 a night (that's down from nearly $900 in January). Both Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways and Singapore Airlines are offering one free night in a hotel in their respective hub cities to lure passengers transiting to other destinations. Until May 31, Cathay Pacific is offering travelers an All Asia Pass, which includes a round-trip ticket from either New York City or Los Angeles to Hong Kong, for $999, with as many as 17 round-trip tickets in 30 days from Hong Kong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asia's Bargains | 5/25/1998 | See Source »

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