Word: lures
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...contributions such talented Egyptians might make to their country will remain limited, however, unless Sadat is able to overcome Egypt's shortage of capital. For that reason he has conceived a plan called "al infitah " (the opening) to lure money from oil-rich Arab states and the industrial West. Already Egypt has signed a World Bank covenant that limits expropriation; it is negotiating with 50 nations to guarantee them freedom of operation for investors and repatriation of capital. Potential investors appear to be impressed with Egypt's earnestness. In slightly more than a year, Egypt has signed...
...monopoly on most of the sports' fans, and the turnstiles don't seem to be clicking too fast even at the university level. But we must have faith that the pro sports pushers can come up with some new twists, maybe breaking some of the old rules, to lure fans away from the traditional pro sports...
There are approximately 730 hardcore theaters in the U.S., and about 1 million regular patrons. To make big money, porno films must lure larger audiences. But, says Friedman, "the millions who saw Deep Throat and Green Door have now seen a dirty picture. They belong to the one-time-only club...
...Hollywood's attributes were so amply like West Egg's, Hollywood was bound to lure Fitzgerald into a mad hate-love affair. Its attraction could magnetize the man as certainly as it could rot his art. As the peeling Dr. Eckleberg--monument to America's first age of advertising and god of the ash heaps--mocked the death of Gatsby's dreams, so Hollywood--monster bulwark of materialism and smug summit of the equation--tortured Fitzgerald. Yes, the place could be as hostile to Fitzgerald as West Egg had been to Gatsby. Though both could dream unto death, neither could...
...afternoon we fished the junction of the Ammonoosic and the Gale, an area pretty well defined by a pair of bridges, Again, the water looked good, but so early in the season nothing much was happening. The people I was with managed to lose every lure they had (something of a feat), and proceded to lie in the sun, buy some beer and relax. The air warmed up in the afternoon, though the water stayed cold. All in all it made a pretty relaxing first fishing trip of the year...