Word: lures
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hand, sharply attacked the House Budget Committee resolution, which is supported by most Democrats. Cleverly devised by Oklahoma Democrat James Jones, chairman of the committee, it would cut the budget almost as sharply as the Gramm-Latta substitute. But it would provide more funds for many social programs. The lure for conservative Democrats is that Jones' proposal includes only a one-year tax cut and projects a much smaller budget deficit of $24.7 billion for 1982. Reagan, however, insisted that this plan was just "an echo of the past rather than a benchmark for the future...
Carleton is just one of hundreds of schools that have begun to lure students with market research techniques like those used by soap and cigarette companies. Reason: tuition costs are skyrocketing and the nation's pool of 18-year-olds is shrinking (from 4.2 million in 1975 to an estimated 3.6 million...
Many of the returnees said the main lure in attending was to enjoy a vacation at the 200-year-old haven, which covers 6,500 scenic acres sprinkled with horse-riding trails, tennis courts, swimming pools and a championship golf course. The hotel provided free rooms and services; airlines flew in the guests gratis. The setting was about as far removed from Tehran's "Mushroom Inn" cells as a former hostage could hope to find...
...wake of the incidents, other recent travelers report, the Soviets have taken over more responsibility for security in the city from the undermanned Afghan army. At 30,000, the army is less than half the strength of two years ago. Efforts to lure new recruits and persuade regulars to extend their tours of duty have not been very successful last year, informed sources say, policemen rioted in Kabul when they were told that they would not be released from the force after two years of compulsory service. In the fracas, windows of the Soviet library and bookshop were broken. There...
...acceptable to Jadine's delicate senses, he draws her closer and closer to a mythical world of ancient Black customs. He is Natural Man, flexible enough to do and be everything for her, but rigid enough to make her as "natural" as he is. The "savannahs in his eyes" lure her, and yet his presence upsets all her next artifices and all those of the household. Morrison identifies Son's revelatory force with his unwashed body's smell which is powerful enough to wake a sleeping Jadine and to arouse her sexually, but horrible enough to mix with her fantasies...