Word: luring
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With a combination of propaganda, economic assistance and diplomatic massaging, the U.S. should be able to exploit these openings. Even Cuba and Viet Nam, Moscow's principal hit men inside the Nonaligned Movement, may some day be receptive to efforts by the West to lure them into positions more independent of Moscow and into roles less troublesome in their regions...
...return. Among other things, Armstrong denies the Trinity and insists that Christians should not celebrate Christmas or Easter (considered "pagan" holidays). He inspires fanatical loyalty among followers and fierce enmity among defectors, and deftly uses his radio-TV show, The World Tomorrow, and his monthly Plain Truth magazine to lure converts. Members contribute a tenth or more of their income, and with proceeds of $66 million a year the church has no trouble financing Armstrong's frequent tours to meet assorted world leaders...
...seminars: "People go for the same reason that they go to church instead of staying home and reading Scriptures. They like to hear the sermon." Speakers like Ruff and Rukeyser are paid as much as $10,000 for each appearance, but that is only part of the lure. The real attraction for many is the unparalleled opportunity to hawk their high-priced newsletters, books and cassette tapes. Notes Rukeyser: "I'm often the only one there who isn't selling anything." The standard sales pitch on the investment circuit is fear and more fear. Most speakers describe...
...models working in Paris, Hamburg and Munich are American. A high proportion of the models on the runways and in the photographic studios of Milan's fashion industry are from the U.S. Japanese talent scouts are so avid for fresh faces that they hang around schoolyards hoping to lure pretty young Americans and other gaijins (foreigners) into the model industry; the proper International School of the Sacred Heart in Tokyo has had to issue a stern advisory to parents that it disapproves of this practice. In England, however, where Twiggy and Jean Shrimpton got their start, brutal taxes have persuaded...
Responding to criticism that FBI agents used entrapment to lure Congressmen into criminal activity, Heymann pointed to the Justice Department's success in prosecuting officials charged with accepting bribes. Thus far, the investigation has resulted in the convictions of six current or former members of the House of Representatives, and eight others, including the mayor of Camden, Pa., and three Philadelphia city councilors. In addition, former Sen. Harrison J. Williams of New Jersey faces trial on Abscam charges...