Word: lures
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Jesuits used the arts to reach the consciences of their fashionable audiences, and in so doing, made significant contributions to opera, drama and ballet. They produced thousands of plays in the 17th century, and ballets as well, many of them to lure the balletomanes of the French aristocracy. One such ballet portrayed the triumph of free will over predestination...
...nice out yesterday. Not nice enough to lure President Nixon out of the White House to give fellow Americans a garden tour. Nice enough to move the table hockey set outdoors. And yes, nice enough to go sit by the Charles and watch the prophylactics float...
Bunking on the premises is not really the prime attraction anyway. The entrepreneurs, who envision 3,000 members in Spring Valley-and eventually branches in other states-think that the lure is a civilized social life for the unmarried and unconnected. Providing services for singles is obviously a growth industry, as attested to by the proliferation of singles bars, singles apartment projects, singles nights at resorts and computerized dating firms. The high divorce rate, particularly among the middle class, brings many new customers to the field yearly...
Discalced Carmelite Friar William McNamara also understands the lure of the East. "People in the West, particularly the young, are being fed stones instead of bread in churches and schools. They know nothing of the deepest mystical tradition; yet they want inner experience. They hear there's a mystic tradition in the East, and they go over...
However, hillgarth said that she was not certain if the GSAS would increase incentives for black applicants next year. "I wonder if you have the moral right to lure students into graduate school when the Ph.D. market is so poor and the job prospects in law and medicine so good," she said...