Word: luring
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...looked for all the world last week like a gas station or a bank or a rent-a-car company trying to lure customers by offering discounts on television sets or getaway weekends. Instead, it was A T & T signaling that the once straightforward business of providing long-distance telephone service has drastically changed...
...past quarter century has made me see things in the College I could not have seen at 20. My present position gives me ample opportunity to see the lure of nostalgia, or at least that unhappy form of nostalgia which leads one to wish one had taken better advantage of the College--"if only I knew then what I know now." But we did not; certainly I did not. Both as a middle-aged alumnus and as a dean. I have come to the conclusion that college is something which happens to us, where we strive to do the best...
Gremlins is more than a concordance of metaschlock; it never sacrifices the narrative payoff for an in joke. It is as weird as your Uncle Floyd and as embraceable as little Gizmo. It will lure lots of people into the moviehouses and send them out with shivers and smiles. One word of caution though. As you settle into your seat, whatever you do, don't let your arm drape down so it's just above floor level. Because The Gremle-uns'll git you Ef you Don't Watch...
...take a trip to the seventh floor of the William James building you will find an experiment that seems to belong near some statue in a square rather than Harvard's psychology research labs. As you pass through the hallway door, clicking noises and a strange odor will lure you to an experimental lab that Pierce Professor of Psychology Richard J. Herrnstein has made into the permanent residence for more than 20 pigeons. These birds, however, are not ordinary pets, nor are they statue pigeons; rather, they are part of Herrnstein's ongoing psychological experiments...
...constant theme of his information effort, which has been supported by Jewish groups and synagogues, has been the lure of personal betterment. "The satisfaction our volunteers receive may be higher than what those Americans get who go to the King David Hotel," he said in an interview earlier this week. The numbers bear him out; in the first year only 650 Americans participated...