Word: lured
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...currently wondering where to farm or whether to farm at all. Many will wind up in city jobs or in the U.S. Colonization schemes in the '30s and early '40s have drawn 11,300 families into Quebec's great hinterland. To help lure more to the soil, the Quebec government is ready today to sell approved families (they must meet certain requirements as to health, etc.) 100 acres at 30? an acre. It will also provide free transportation, the use of tractors, monthly allowances of $15 for from three months to a year, cash grants...
...years, he received his discharge from the Navy, but the lure of Harvard--and a championship basketball team-were enough to induce him to return to Cambridge as a civilian in time to complete to February schedule with the Stahlmen. He will graduate in 1947, with a degree in the field of government...
...surprised when the Communists rejected the truce. Chiang Kaishek, more than ever convinced by recent victories that he can defeat the Communists in the field, did not expect a Red yes to his proposal. He did hope that his national unity gesture would lure some of the minuscule parties of the wavering Democratic League into the Assembly sessions, thus reduce the appearance of one-party rule in China...
...dancing is agreeably tame, the chorus is more slight than select, the costumes lack charm and the singing lacks body. Leonora Corbett (Blithe Spirit) and Arthur Margetson (Around the World) are helpful performers but no miracle-workers. Park Avenue never catches the mood, or captures the lure, or achieves the high spirits of genuine musicomedy...
...round up teaching talent, Military Government officers had gone on a two-month raid of the U.S. To many a teacher-starved U.S. board of education, the Government's campaign looked like poaching. For the 120 jobs in Germany, there were over 1,000 applications. Chief lure: an average salary of $4,500 (the same teachers would average $3,000 apiece in U.S. schools). In Germany, room & board will cost about $37.50 a month, and the Army does the teachers' apartment hunting. Other attractions: the trip abroad; the chance to get away from the routine of small-town...