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Word: lures (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Although the report from Scott County looks strong, Baker will need more than one county to get to the White House. To lure female support, Baker supports the Equal Rights Amendment, though his record shows that he did not vote in favor of a time extension for its ratification...

Author: By Brenda A. Russell, | Title: Mr. Statesman | 11/1/1979 | See Source »

...lure of the Harvard name and visits to Cambridge and Oregon persuaded the junior psych major to go north, not west, from her home in Princeton...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Academics or Athletics: A Question of Priorities | 10/30/1979 | See Source »

...recent months there have been fears that the Caribbean has become an arena for superpower rivalry, with Havana, as usual, acting as Moscow's surrogate. Says a U.S. official: "There is a great concern that America and its ideological values are in retreat. If the Cubans were to lure the little island countries of the eastern Caribbean into their sphere of influence, it would send shock waves throughout Central America all the way to Cape Horn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Troubled Waters | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

...that of the U.S., so traders sell dollars to buy marks and other currencies where they can earn a real return. This weakens the dollar. But if the Fed were to push U.S. interest rates another one-half of 1%, to 1% above the rate of inflation, it might lure some money back into greenbacks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Playing Chicken with Currencies | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

DESPITE THE LURE of possible British recognition for Zimbabwe, Bishop Muzorewa may have some good reasons for trying to delay or avoid a constitutional settlement. It seems highly unlikely that the London conference could end successfully without acceptance of British proposals for new elections: and yet elections are about the last thing Muzorewa wants to face right now. The electorate, both white and black, is dissatisfied with his failure to bring a speedy end to the war with patriotic Front forces. Since he took office on June 1, more than 2,000 people have been killed fighting. Hundreds more have...

Author: By Brian L. Zimbler, | Title: Thatcher's Plan May Cave In | 9/20/1979 | See Source »

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