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• v  direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
  Her good looks attract the stares of many men
• v  be attractive to
  The beautiful garden attracted many people
• v  exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away
  the gravitational pull of a planet attracts other bodies

• What good will it do if we attract scores of new teachers only to have them leave one or two years later? Thats why many in the educational establishment criticize Teach .
• It is now commonplace for a regular-season football game to attract ratings that surpass the playoff games in other sports.
• American public schools are struggling to attract and retain high-quality teachers.

• pull
• pull in
• draw
• draw in
• appeal

• repel

News & Articles

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• New Carmel Hospitality District Poised to Attract and Welcome Small Group Meetings
  A new hospitality organization in Carmel-by-the-Sea has launched an aggressive initiative to attract small conference groups to the village. (PRWeb June 13, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/The_Carmel_Hospitality/Improvement_District/prweb10829768.htm
  June 13, 2013 - PRWeb
• Twitter teams with Vizify to explain why users should #FollowMe
  Twitter users looking to attract more followers now have a new tool to capture themselves in their best light.        
  June 13, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
• How to Attract Private Investment in Clean Energy
  It is to allow renewable-energy companies to form master limited partnerships, a business structure that has long worked to attract investment capital to the oil and gas industry. Legislation in the Senate has support from Republicans and Democrats alike, not to mention the White House.
  June 11, 2013 - Bloomberg

Quotes

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• Stephen Harper in Montreal Gazette
  We obviously deplore the actions of a few thugs,he said at a news conference. "But the reality is unfortunately that these summits attract this element and that has been a problem as we know around the world. I think that goes a long way...
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Boston Globe
  But in a stinging dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said while the white firefighters "understandably attract this court's sympathy . . . they had no vested right to promotion" and are not victims of discrimination because no one was promoted...