Word: luring
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When University Hall unveiled a plan last month to convert Hilles from a library to student social space, administrators said they hoped the change would lure more river students to the Quad. But given the pressures College leaders were under, it’s hard to say whether the goal of integrating the Quad with the river was a cause of the renovations to Hilles and the QRAC or a justification...
Napster's variety of services is a lure, but inventory is what counts when selling music. Napster claims 500,000 songs to Apple's 200,000, but our spot check didn't show a big difference. In fact, we saw artists on the iTunes Music Store (the Eagles, Lucinda Williams, the White Stripes) that were absent from Napster's catalog, while the reverse was less pronounced (Nelly Furtado, Lennon/Ono and some titles by They Might Be Giants). You still can't download some heavies like Madonna, Led Zeppelin and the Beatles anywhere. At least, not legally. --By Wilson Rothman
...lacquered paper fan provides style and comfort to the subtle and well-mannered women who carry them. The paper is thin and delicate, just like you pretend to be as you attempt to trap a good man and lure him into marriage...
Bashir Bin Lap, a Malaysian known in radical circles as Lillie, studied to be an architect at Malaysia's Polimas Polytechnic. But drawn by the lure of jihad, he made his way to Kandahar, Afghanistan, where he underwent basic military training in an al-Qaeda camp. After the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Lillie, according to his own account, received a letter from Hambali, an Indonesian who had started off as an activist in Islamist causes in Southeast Asia but had gone on to serve the global-reaching al-Qaeda. In the letter, Hambali asked whether Lillie was prepared to join...
...VEGAS CONVENTION AND VISITORS Authority launched an ad campaign this year touting Sin City with one of the nation's more unusual come-ons--"What happens here, stays here." Excelsior, Minn. (pop. 2,400), has started a campaign to lure twenty-and thirtysomethings away from franchise-dominated big cities, with "Secede from Starbucks Nation." Clearly, communities are taking their slogans seriously. A look at some others: --By Kate Novack...