Word: lures
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...they never went to college. They cheat on bonuses, cheat on anything." The angry man is the University of Texas' Baseball Coach Bibb Falk, onetime Chicago White Sox outfielder; the objects of his rage are the major leagues, particularly the fast-talking scouts who circle the campuses and lure away the best college baseball players with sweet talk and bonuses. It not only hurts college baseball, argue Bibb and other college coaches, but also hurts the young men who are wooed away. For their reasons, see SPORT, Blame It on the Majors...
Perhaps a more serious source of opposition comes from those who believe that the conferences which offer "free rides" or less carefully apportioned grants may lure away athletes who might otherwise go to a Big Ten School, and that thus the caliber of the teams is diminished...
...intention of nationalizing all foreign-owned plantations ("a deliberate attempt to frighten off foreign investors and foreign aid," wailed New Delhi) and of establishing industrial "managing councils" composed of workers, union leaders and a few lonely bosses. But Kerala's new Minister of Industries blandly began trying to lure private enterprise into the state on the promise of cheap credit facilities and no strikes. Another Red leader warned that if the central government tried to interfere in Kerala-as it surely will if the Communists try to nationalize foreign enterprise-"the seeds of conflict will be sown...
...What they save on the tobacco bill cigarette companies are pouring into the hottest race in history to lure buyers from their usual brands and to recruit new smokers. To do this they are not only bringing out new brands (nearly one-third of the market is held by brands that are less than five years old) but also new tastes (youngsters find it easier to learn on mentholated cigarettes) and new packaging. Each major company is hedging its bets by marketing at least three of the four major cigarette types-regulars, filters, kings and mentholated...
Higher pay is not the only lure. Across the country businessmen beg. for secretaries with bristling columns of help-wanted ads, promising prestige ("Your Own Office!"), or glamour ("Handle TV Stars!"), or romance ("Young Execs!"). Many big companies, whose long-set salary and seniority schedules make them less attractive than higher-paying small companies, try to make up the difference with a long string of fringe benefits. After a survey of several score firms in the New York area, the Commerce and Industry Association of New York reported that 78.1% offer profit-sharing plans, 52.7% pay full costs for employees...