Word: lures
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...several occasions and in violation of Ivy League policy, head football coach Phil Estes, men's basketball coach Glen Miller, men's soccer coach Michael Noonan and women's volleyball coach Diane Short tried to lure potential recruits by promising them financial aid deals underwritten by the Brown Sports Foundation, a non-profit organization which had no ties to the university...
...last year at the New York Film Festival. The documentary about twin 12-year old girls, imprisoned in their home from birth, took the world by surprise. The girls' father, their malevolent "protector," contends in the film that he is shielding his daughters from the forbidden fruit that will lure them away from the right path. The twins flounder, so developmentally and emotionally stunted that they can barely speak...
...ended up having a cheaper Springfest with more people," said Kleyman, who pointed out that the $15,000 the council spent on Big Bad Voodoo Daddy was $8,000 less than it took to lure the Violent Femmes to campus last year...
...PERKS Companies are discovering the wisdom of improving their benefits to lure and keep employees. Lately, some have even begun to provide health insurance for their workers' pets. It makes sense: since Americans spend about $12 billion a year on medical services for their dogs, cats, etc., a little insurance help can be a nice bonus for owners. While this particular perk isn't commonplace yet, companies from Ralston Purina to Mirage Resorts are offering...
...making a life out of military survice. To figure out what's happened to this once-proud tradition, Army chief of staff Gen. Eric Shineski commissioned a survey of soldiers at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. Judging from the initial results it looks as if the problem runs deeper than the lure of the booming tech sector. The Washington Post reported Monday that in the first set of surveys tallied, soldiers blame the Army's leadership for the exodus. The surveys found that low-ranking personnel don't feel a sense of loyalty flowing downward from their commanding officers, while most soldiers...