Word: lures
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Friedman attributed the Western superiority in the downhill and cross-country competition to the "lure of the Rockies...
...among rival Creole, Hindu and Moslem groups, who nonetheless continued sniping at one another. Violence or no, Mauritius faces hard times. Britain's sugar subsidy runs out in 1970. By then, Prime Minister Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam of the Hindu-backed Independence Party hopes to diversify the economy and lure new foreign investment. To avert violence, Britain will also help train and equip Mauritius' police and armed forces. As added protection, a company of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry will remain on the island as long as they are needed. That could be for some time...
...almost happen," wrote Nathaniel Hawthorne. Or, to quote Hunter's epigraph for Desire: "In the vocabulary of the sub-conscious there is a word for every shape and sound that goes unnoticed in passing time. Though we will never speak them, these words define our souls." Desire tries to lure those mysteries, words and footsteps, into the dusty ranges of our senses...
...general shortage of fledgling lawyers, caused partly by the draft, is the fact that more and more top law graduates are shunning regular practice. Instead, they are working for Government agencies, going into teaching or using their valuable talents in various civil libertarian causes. For many, the new lure of the law is a career devoted to tackling the country's social problems, not protecting private clients. Last year only one-quarter of the editors of the Harvard Law Review went directly into private practice; only 10% plan to do so this year. Whether the upped salaries will change...
...Ford. It will be produced only in a two-door model, which will weigh in at $8,000. The pitch is clearly for buyers who until now have fallen for luxury hot-rods like Cadillac's front-wheel-drive Eldorado. To win them to Continental-or at least lure them into a Lincoln-Mercury showroom-Ford's engineers and stylists have aimed at "elegant perfection." Says Marketing and Product Planning Manager Ralph L. Peters: "We're going all the way with this...