Word: luring
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...question is not an idle one. Beaming down approvingly on the crowds at Glycel counters and from glossy magazine ads at would-be customers is the image of a handsome, clear-eyed man--not a hunky male model, mind you, but an even more potent lure: Dr. Christiaan Barnard. The South African surgeon who performed the first successful heart transplant is now, according to advertisements, the co-developer of a patented GSL ingredient, the key to "rejuvenating" skin in Glycel products. Barnard's endorsement is the latest and most successful wrinkle in the lucrative skin game. Introduced only last month...
...love reading period. I didn't need my friends at University Hall to teach me that work is bad and to be avoided. I, like most other Harvard students, turned down Princeton and the lure of the mandatory junior thesis. We could have our two-week reading period if we were willing to come back, say, September...
...eyes, no throat, no groin safe from an assault, swift and agonizing") and the conspiratorial plotting are stock Ludlum. So is the hero, Jason Bourne. Readers of The Bourne Identity (1980) will recognize him as the cover name for David Webb, the American Orientalist who was used to lure Carlos, the international terrorist known as the Jackal...
This is no ordinary spirit-stricken shack, if only because of its impressive track record. Before the movie begins, it has already abducted our hero's son, destroyed his marriage, and killed his aunt. Not bad for an inanimate object. Then, before 10 minutes has elapsed, it manages to lure our helpless author back to the spooky edifice in order to finish...
Students have charged that the new alcohol policy, adopted in October, has dramatically increased the cost of successful house parties. House committees, students say, have been forced to seek alternative means--including creative themes and expensive bands--to lure partygoers, and have had to hire bouncers to check...