Word: luring
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...American city," developer James Rouse once lamented. "We have lived so long with old, worn-out, ugly places that we have become anesthetized to their condition." Rouse, to be sure, was a believer. After pioneering the suburban shopping mall, he came up with a revolutionary idea to lure people away from it. His strategy was to revitalize the decaying inner city his developments had helped denude--not with a gleaming, modernist makeover but by restoring original buildings and bustling public spaces. Rouse's "festival marketplaces" like Faneuil Hall in Boston and Harborplace in Baltimore, Maryland, not only brought shoppers...
...North Carolina supreme court last month, is hardly alone in attacking the use of taxpayer funds in the relocation sweepstakes. "We're spending billions of dollars to fund the moving van," says state senator Charles Horn of Ohio, which trucked more than $2.4 billion last year to lure or keep companies in industries ranging from banking to steel. "In the process, we're draining our budgets in education, research and technology--the very things our future depends...
...lure of a safe college town may have encouraged some students to choose Harvard over colleges located in bustling cities or notorious high-crime areas. Yet Harvard is not the safe campus it appears to be, and students must remember to take precautions. Still, we must hold the University responsible for not improving campus security. We would like to see the administration spell out a comprehensive program to improve campus security which includes better lighting and increased police patrols...
...thing, the Street doesn't like surprises. This one broke the back of the sagging bond market, which had expected interest rates to keep falling. But the robust economic report hinted that rates might rise. The stock market headed for the exits, fearing that higher rates will lure money out of equities...
Waiting for them there is Bill Clinton. Uncompromising pro-lifers will probably vote Republican in November even if Buchanan is not on the ticket. But the White House is confident it can lure away some of Buchanan's blue-collar support. "An audience for a Democratic Party that talks about rising living standards and a changing economy" is how pollster Stanley Greenberg, an adviser to the Democratic Party, describes them. "I believe those issues will be central to the President's campaign...