Word: luring
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...This incident is very unpleasant," said Sergei A. Gorbunov, spokesman for the Russian Space Agency. "Our competitors from the United States, China and France will no doubt use this opportunity to discredit our space program and lure away our customers." The wandering satellite is not considered a threat to re-enter the atmosphere and cause any damage on Earth--that is, beyond the black eye it has already given the Russians...
Like the computer industry, with which it shares many technologies, the clean-energy business is being led by dozens of entrepreneurial start-up companies, many of them financed with venture capital. But as business has boomed in the past two years, major corporations have jumped in. The lure is obvious: the use of wind and solar power is growing more than 25% a year, while the markets for coal and oil are expanding only...
...neuroses, has briefed the court on Lockwood's alcohol and drug dependency, stating bluntly, in response to her demands for a sizable settlement, that "I am most fearful that should Victoria receive significantly more money from me than she does at present, she will be unable to resist the lure of the substances to which she is/was addicted and/or unprincipled individuals who may seek to take advantage of her." He cited his fears for their four children in such a scenario, even though Lockwood says she has recovered from substance abuse...
BosTix and Harvard are attempting to lure the public to the new booth by offering free performances from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. outside Holyoke Center. The Krokodiloes, the American Repertory Theatre and the Boston Lyric Opera are scheduled to participate...
...good it becomes a habit. Thus she works it on Merton, the sort of weak, handsome man strong women are attracted to and know how to use. Millie, with one of those wilting diseases peculiar to heroines of romantic novels, has no such guile. Imperiled innocence is her lure for Merton, and it may draw him beyond the reach of Kate's conniving...