Word: magnetic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Cambridge schools have been recognized nationwide as innovators in open schools, magnet schools, and alternative programs...
...from a losing effort?if it loses? and thus retain his political integrity and be well positioned to chase the presidential nomination in 1988. In any case, many Mondale advisers are cool to the idea of having Hart on the ticket. They see him merely as an anti-Mondale magnet with little constituency...
Even before last week there were some signs that the Los Angeles Games were not proving to be quite the magnet that some boosters had predicted. Many airlines had already abandoned their hopes of charging full fares on all flights to and from Los Angeles during the Olympics (summer discounts are normally available), and automobile-rental agencies had stopped requiring full payment in advance. Accordingly, in the best tradition of Yankee buoyancy, there were those who predicted that the boycott would strengthen rather than weaken the appeal of the Games. Ventured Walter Hill, president of a firm that makes official...
...York Times, which is a magnet for authoritative specialty writers, won for criticism by Architecture Critic Paul Goldberger, 33, and for national reporting by Science Writer John Noble Wilford, 50, on topics ranging from astronomy to Star Wars space weapons...
...Magnet schools give teachers the opportunity to upgrade their craft, and to influence the system at large," says Tabor. School committee member Rena H. Leib calls the diverse programs "a recognition that different kids learn in different ways...