Word: lures
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Americans are still the world's most restless people. California, Florida and Texas have attracted enough newcomers to account for 42% of the U.S. population growth during the 1970s. Nevada's head count increased nearly 65%, making it the fastest-growing state. The lure, of course, is gambling, which employs almost one-third of the desolate territory's inhabitants. Nevadans have other dubious distinctions. They have the highest incidence of alcoholism and a suicide rate more than double the national average. There is also Lake Tahoe, whose commercial development the authors call "the most appalling assault...
...attempt to lure out of hiding the 60 to 80 Solidarity activists who went underground when martial law was declared, the government promised not to prosecute any activists who turned themselves in before Oct. 31. But Zbigniew Bujak, former director of Solidarity's Warsaw branch, declared that the union's leadership would wait for a full, unconditional amnesty. Former Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa, who was released from detention last November, said that the government's new measures were worse than martial law and would only "dig a wider gulf between the government and the governed...
...Maidens We," and the serious self important soldiers march about the stage singing things like "When I First Put This Uniform On. "Led by Colonel Calverly (John Hoyoker), Major Murgathroyd (Daniel Pantano) and the slightly effeminate Lieutenant. The Duke of Dunstable (Michael Calmes), we watch the soldiers try to lure the ladies away the soldiers try to lure the ladies away from their poets. Finally figuring that if you can't beat them they transform themselves into aesthetically pleasing gentlemen...
...award of $300 or $400 should not lure a student away from Bryn Mawr, where next year's tuition will be about $8500 said Jerry Berenson, director of financial...
...bidding war could result, Nychis said, adding that the schools with the most money could lure away potential students...