Word: wooing
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...Mugabe has been president ever since - and its victor on Tuesday suffered a historic defeat at the hands of the black urban poor. The president's authoritarian constitutional proposals (which included the right to summarily dissolve parliament) were rejected by 55 percent of voters, despite Mugabe's attempt to woo his traditional peasant support base with a promise to nationalize the country's 4,000 white-owned commercial farms and turn them over to land-starved black small farmers. Unfortunately for Mugabe, the 25 percent national turnout suggests that rural voters had stayed home in large numbers - the peasantry...
...Bruce Miller, whom the city of Louisville retained to help woo an NBA franchise, said that Louisville is one of four cities that an unnamed franchise is looking at. The Rockets currently play in the smallest arena in the NBA, and their owner, Les Alexander, has said he needs a new arena to stay competitive...
POOR LURE With so much competition among mutual-fund companies, some are trying to woo new investors by offering premiums. Baron funds reportedly plans to offer hotel discounts, while Strong and Montgomery funds are handing out subscriptions to personal-finance magazines; Westcore is drawing names to win $250 worth of shares this April. You would think that fund companies would try to distinguish themselves with, oh, say, their fund performance. When they start handing out toasters...