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Word: lures (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sociology Department opposed Skocpol's tenure because they disagreed with her comparative-historical methodology and thought it might lead the department in what they considered the wrong direction. But when institutions like Stanford University, the University of Chicago and the University of Wisconsin are actively trying to lure Skocpol to their departments--some of the best in the country--Harvard should recognize that it would benefit by including her viewpoints as well...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Decision Against Every Reason | 10/15/1980 | See Source »

...statues in the lobby--this is the Fountainbleau Hotel. Call the reservations desk: "We have rooms for $65, $75, $85, $95 and $110 a night. For $110 you get an ocean view and a personal terrace." Gold paint everywhere, lots of brushed velvet, ornate, a little seedy, built to lure opthalmologists and funeral directors and Republicans from the North...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: I Wobble Wobble | 9/29/1980 | See Source »

...million question: Can paid political advertisements on television measurably influence the outcome of the Nov. 4 presidential election? Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan cannot be certain that their TV campaigns will make much difference at all, yet each is gambling roughly that amount in his drive to lure the American voter. For each, the $16 million is more than half of his allotted $29.4 million in total campaign funds-the highest percentage presidential candidates have ever devoted to television. In contrast, Independent John Anderson, who is not sure of getting federal funding, will be fortunate to raise for his entire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Taking Those Spot Shots | 9/29/1980 | See Source »

...Lech Walesa, 37, the triumphant leader of the original Lenin Shipyard strike, rose to make a telling disclosure. During a recent trip to Warsaw, he recounted, the authorities had in effect tried to buy him off by offering him the leadership of the party-controlled official trade union-a lure he had duly refused. Pledged Walesa to a rising cheer: "We cannot lose touch with the workers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: Seething with Change | 9/29/1980 | See Source »

...football Giants, some 200 tons of mercury residues have contaminated Berry's Creek, causing Selikoff to declare, "On a bad day, breathing in the Meadowlands may be as dangerous as driving at Indianapolis." The abandoned shafts and tunnels in the hills above Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River lure illegal chemical dumpers. So much poison has been poured for so long into one deep hole near Pittston that Republican Senator John Heinz insists, "This is more dangerous than Three Mile Island because we don't really know what's down there." Six New Jersey men, including Russell Mahler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Poisoning of America | 9/22/1980 | See Source »

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