Word: wooing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...impact of modernization on traditional values. It is a complaint, however, more properly leveled at the concepts of technology and progress rather than at the First World. After all, no aid donor forces a poor country to opt for economic growth. South Korea's Deputy Premier Nam Duck Woo recently noted what ought to be obvious to all underdeveloped countries: "As people get richer, their values become more materialistic...
Both nations have invested heavily in research and development. They have even been able to woo home scientists who had studied and worked abroad. "What goes on around the world is a war of brains. We have no choice but to plunge into it for our own survival and future prosperity," says Ahn Young Ok, 43. A $16,000-a-year DuPont engineer in Delaware, Ahn took a pay cut to return to Seoul, where he is now a top official in the Korean Institute of Science and Technology...
...beautiful voice of any in the cast; though--as frequently happens in a G & S female part--it is sometimes difficult to understand her words. Iolanthe (Nancy Wilson) also has a lovely voice, though her acting is wooden and uncertain. The chiefs of the Fairy chorus (Patty Low, Patty Woo and Rozlyn Anderson) are all fine. One of the few flaws in the characterizations is Doug Morgan's portrayal of half-mortal Strephon. One always sympathizes with actors condemned to boring straight roles while others are allowed to bring down the house. But Morgan can't be forgiven so easily...
...Himalayan mangoes might not sell as well in the suburbs of Spokane as it does on Manhattan's East Side?especially not at $1.75 a pint. But any store can follow Bloomingdale's essential formula: first, know your customer, his age, affluence, customs, habits, tastes. Then set out to woo him with distinctive merchandise, flashy displays and a general aura of showmanship, all calculated to make shopping an adventure?in fact, fun. Bloomingdale's puts it on the unicorn-bedecked Christmas shopping bags it is handing out to customers this year, "Come, let us believe in magic again...
Marked as a comer during Watergate hearings but has done little since ... A good compromise bet to woo the South and appease the liberals, and popular through the Middle West besides ... Sturdy, vigorous, everybody's second choice ... Biggest drawback: his nomination could cost the G.O.P. a precious Senate seat...