Word: attracted
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...umbras, have the strongest magnetic fields; the lighter exteriors, or penumbras, the weaker fields. Occasionally, the penumbras of two sunspots of opposite polarity merge as they move past each other, putting the oppositely charged umbras in contact. The results are spectacular. "Because the umbras have opposite polarities, they attract each other," says the Marshall Center's Moore. "The closer they are together, the stronger the pull. Then, as they push past each other, it's like an earthquake fault slipping. In this case the stored energy is released in a flare." In the sunspot group that produced the flares...
Quayle in fact resembles the activist Mondale model of a Vice President far more than the invisible-man version perfected by Bush. The difference is the heart of Quayle's salvation strategy. He staggered through the election branded an overprivileged airhead. As candidates or incumbents, Vice Presidents often attract some derision. For the young golf addict, it was a nearly lethal dose. "I came to the office adding a bit of luster to that ridicule," he muses. Allies advised him to go underground, to avoid risks. But with escalating speculation that Bush would dump him in 1992, Quayle...
...bring lawsuits accusing the company of failing to look after their immediate interests. Said a top Time executive: "Of course, there will be a lot of shareholder suits. But there will be a lot whatever we do." Many Wall Street analysts believed Time's new play for Warner could attract additional bidders for both companies, which helped explain why Time's stock price remained relatively high despite the board's rejection of the Paramount...
...offer touched off a frenzy among Wall Street arbitragers, who snapped up Time stock in the belief that Paramount would prevail or attract other bidders into the fray. Time shares skyrocketed from 126 to 170 on Wednesday and finished the week at 170 1/4. Since Wall Street investors considered all three companies now to be in play, Warner stock jumped to 56 1/8, up 4 points for the week, and Paramount rose...
...granting these extraordinary concessions, the Communists made three key assumptions. First, that only a Solidarity-led opposition could secure economic cooperation from the public and attract the billions of dollars in Western aid needed to finance the recovery. Second, that by bringing Solidarity into the political process, the party could make it share the onus for the belt-tightening policies that would have to be adopted. Third, that by setting an early election date, the government could prevent the opposition from organizing an effective campaign...