Word: wooed
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...hardly that, but it afforded Indira Gandhi ample scope within which to woo the electorate. Her critics accuse Indira of having wobbled over the years from left to right and back again. If she recently seemed to be trending leftward, the reason probably sprang more from vote-catching considerations than from shifting convictions. For she knows that if the party fares poorly in the elections, her leadership will be challenged. Waiting for his chance is former
...towers rape the low skyline of cities that have evolved over centuries, who cares? They make such great tourist attractions that a commission of Hamburgers seriously suggested that their tower, now under construction, be designed with a built-in lean to woo tourist dollars away from Pisa. It won't, but there's a consolation: in addition to doing the things that other TV towers do-transmitting radio and TV signals and conventional phone calls-it will buzz any motorist equipped with a simple and inexpensive receiver, signaling him to go to a telephone and call his office...
Doughty Helen. Verwoerd has never been stronger, in fact. Swallowing his old hatred of British South Africans, he has ventured into such English-speaking bastions as Durban to woo support for his policies, and his theme that all whites must unite behind him or be dispossessed by the Bantu usually gets a standing ovation and cries of "Hear, hear!" In Parliament, the once powerful United Party has been reduced to 39 seats. As an opposition party, Verwoerd once described it as "nothingness-both topless and bottomless." He is not far off. Its leader, Sir De Villiers Graaff, offers vague motions...
...certainly does. The first-class passenger is deluged with free cocktails, champagne and steak-filet meals, offered a concert on earphones as well as movies. The stewardesses even wake people up to give them eyeshades for sounder sleeping. To woo frequent business travelers, American has a club for businessmen's secretaries, buys them dinners and takes them to the movies. Eastern sends secretaries flowers and seed packets...
Command Performance. When leaflets began to appear in Jordanian army barracks demanding Hussein's abdication, the King decided it was time to act. He alerted military units and ordered top intelligence operatives to cancel trips abroad. To woo the refugees, he offered them permanent settlement in Jordan and announced that Palestinians living abroad would no longer need visas to enter Jordan. Into Hussein's palace last week streamed delegations of Jordanian notables to pledge their loyalty to the crown. It was a command performance: some who did not show up have been arrested. There was no doubt about...