Word: tempts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Wagner makes his tragedy eerily implausible and weakens his legitimate point that the analyst, when judged by his somewhat dubious curative results, has been granted too much authority and credence at some levels of 20th century life. The book's occasional hemlock-bitter jibes at "Fraudism" may even tempt some blither-spirited novelist to give psychoanalysis what it often begs for, a full hypodermic of spoof juice...
...that a new theatre would improve the quality of drama, there are many who believe it would have the unfortunate effect of reducing the number of productions. More unified control of Harvard drama, they maintain, would limit the number of productions. The attraction of the new theatre might also tempt talent and audiences away from the house groups...
...advance guard has some equally distinguished champions, notably Guggenheim Museum Director James Johnson Sweeney. Instead of passing judgment, Sweeney holds, the critic should try to "draw the attention of the public to something he has found worthy of attention and enjoyable-and to tempt the public also to enjoy it. He has to be humble in his approach if he is to get the most from his observation of art's constantly changing face...
...Washington when Warren G. Harding was elected President in 1920. But Dawes, a banker by training and a rebel by instinct, wanted a job that didn't exist. "As much as I would like to see your Administration a success," he told Harding, "nothing could tempt me into public life now, except possibly Director of the Budget, if that office is created-and that...
There is an even more compelling reason not to cut back economic aid now. Today, the Soviet leaders arrive in New Delhi to tempt the Indians into accepting increased Soviet technical aid. Already, the Soviets have offered to India funds and technicians for a steel mill, to Egypt funds for a giant dam, and to Lebanon million of dollars for a river development project. These projects may be minute when compared to the U.S. aid that has flowed into Asia and the Middle East, but the start of a Soviet technical aid program poses a threat to the free world...