Word: selecter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...became the proprietor of Scudder's American Museum in 1841, and began to reorganize, advertise and acquire new exhibits. Barnum, above all, was a master of manipulating public interest. His ingenuity in false advertising and scheming ploys hoarded people into his museums. For example, Barnum took great care to select the worst musicians to play "Free Music for the Millions," from the balcony of his American Museum. The horrendous music drove people to seek refuge in the museum for a mere 25 cents each. In his autobiography Barnum says, "I meant to make people talk about my Museum; to exclaim...
...first would extend the deadline for the Select Committee on Undergraduate Requirements to submit its report on reform of the Core curriculum so that it can make a more through study...
Approximately 60 students met Sunday night in Emerson 101 to select the next board of the Harvard Radcliffe South Asian Association...
...that problem. Taking advantage of the latest advances in digital compression, it delivers AM radio-quality sound in so-called real time. Click on an icon representing the show you want to hear, and you will hear it immediately, broadcast through your computer's speaker system. Or you can select a sound segment or a series of segments and listen to them in the order you choose. Onscreen buttons let you pause, rewind and fast-forward through a program...
Specter, who chairs the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, attributed the recent bombing in Oklahoma City to a "pattern of violence that exists in America today" and discussed some of the means the Senate is considering to respond to terrorist acts...