Word: lured
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Mott's talents as a diplomat have made him welcome alike among Greek Catholics and Scotch Presbyterians. Presidents have tried to enlist him, but he has thrice declined diplomatic posts, once an ambassadorship, and twice the post of U.S. Minister to China. He has never let any blandishment lure him away from religious work...
When the Japanese struck at the Philippines last fortnight, MacArthur's men rolled with the punch. If the Japanese plan had been to lure General MacArthur out beyond the mountain bastions of the central core of Luzon, there was no evidence last week that they had succeeded...
...lure of better-paid defense jobs is draining teachers from the schools. Rural schools face a shortage of 50,000 teachers in the coming year. Average salary of rural teachers is $900 a year; more than half of all the nation's teachers get under...
...young Shah faced more disturbing changes at home. Iran's tribesmen, whose tradition leans as much to polite banditry as it does to husbandry, knew that Reza's Army had been captured and his tiny Navy sunk. The Lure, the Tangistani, the Bakhtiaris the Kamseh and the Khashgais had a long score to settle. Reza had stopped their raids and ambushes, imprisoned or killed their chiefs, forced them to live in villages, made them wear hats. Many a tribesman hoped that with a new Shah the good old days of unguarded roads and no punitive expeditions might return...
After the Radcliffe stage and following a few experimental trips to the Raymor the Freshman almost invariably moves to Wellesley, a veritable paradise after the hell he has been through. In this stage he learns about Seller's, the Sandy Burr Country Club, and the lure of Boston nightclubs for Wellesley students. Wellesley students always want to go in to Boston, even if only for a half an hour. The Freshman will also come into contact with minimums and cover charges...