Word: lures
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...enormously," said Alice Roosevelt Longworth, 83, Teddy's daughter. "I think I have a rather mean disposition, but I can find nothing critical to say about it." Because the 88-acre island is out of the way compared with most tourist attractions, the memorial probably will not lure crowds of visitors-which will be just fine with the bird watchers and woods lovers who frequent it. T.R., a staunch conservationist and outdoorsman, would also have approved...
...lagged behind those of industry-leading Imperial Tobacco Co., whose two coupon brands, Player's No. 6 and Embassy, have captured 43% of British cigarette sales. For its part, Imperial insisted that the coupon promotions, while successful in brand competition among those who already smoke, do little to lure nonsmokers to the fold. Chairman John Partridge warned that Imperial would cut its prices if the coupon ban goes through, added that cheaper smokes could "have the effect of increasing total cigarette consumption" far more than gift premiums were ever able...
Carlton Wallace Miller, 43, a Meridian police sergeant who received $2,400 from the FBI over a two-year period, testified that the Meridian chapter of the White Knights of the Klan had marked Schwerner for "elimination-the term for murdering someone." To lure Schwerner from Meridian, where he and his wife Rita were operating a Negro community center, said Miller, Klansmen burned down the Mount Zion (Negro) Church at Longdale, outside Philadelphia. Five days later, Schwerner and two companions, Goodman, a white man, and Chancy, a Negro, drove 50 miles to Longdale to inspect the ruins of the church...
...your review of "The Lure of the Limerick" [Sept. 22], I was aghast to read that "limericks have never been a popular art form with women." May I comment...
Call options lure bulls who figure stock prices will rise. A call is a transferable contract giving the purchaser the right to buy stock (almost always in 100-share lots) at a specified price (generally the market price on the purchase date) at any time during a specified period ranging from 30 days to a year. Last week, when National Video common was selling for $31.50 per share, an investor could have bought a call at $450 expiring next April 4. Provided that the stock rises as much as $5 a share by that date, the investor will be able...