Word: lures
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...comic sequences are the ones that started out to be serious-a parade of insect mutants from post-A-bomb sci-fi epics, Elizabeth Taylor served up like a high-priced entree in Cleopatra, a series of youthquake teen films (Teen Age Cave Man is a typical example) to lure the young back into the moviehouses...
...able to retire Buckley and enrich New York's anemic influence in Congress. The strategy seems sound. For one thing, Moynihan, as a Catholic who attends Mass regularly at Manhattan's St. Ignatius Loyola Church and who understands how middle-income families feel about social issues, could lure back white ethnics who helped elect Buckley...
...staff. George Steinbrenner, the owner of the Yankees, isn't stupid. He went out and tried to reunite the championship pitching staff of the Oakland A's, and he's half done. Steinbrenner bought Catfish Hunter and Ken Holtzman by paying them exorbitant salaries. Next year he'll probably lure Vida Blue to New York (he already tried it this year) and then will have three of the four A's starters. Unfortunately for Steinbrenner, the fourth starter, Blue Moon Odom, hasn't been doing so well in the majors lately...
...character and pace of the South's development varies from state to state. Georgia's gains are particularly impressive. Because of its unhurried tempo and central location, Atlanta, in the past six years, has helped to lure corporate or regional headquarters of 55 companies to the state...
...reason for the lack of Southern unionism is fierce employer resistance, backed often by local public opinion. In much of the South, "community development" is something close to a religion. Bosses and community leaders alike fear that unions will scare off new industries that the town is trying to lure...