"There is a shortage of aggregates shares in the U.S.," said Mr. Beazer, explaining the apparent attraction of his stock to American investors.

XTC recorded a single called "Statue of Liberty", about the singer's apparent attraction to the statue.

Goodwin briefly encourages Beesley to pursue his apparent attraction to a young Irish beauty in Third Class, but he rejects this advice.

We are so used to a weak pound causing problems that UK governments are easily seduced by the apparent attractions of a strong currency.

Yet despite Mr. White's apparent attraction to machismo, his ideal man is far from the chest-thumping, gun-toting paradigm who reads Soldier of Fortune magazine.

Despite the apparent attraction of some of the biggest names in golf, viewing figures had fallen even further from the previous years low, with this fourth instalment generating a 5.1 Nielsen rating.

Despite the apparent strategic attractions of the transaction, yesterday the deal did not seem to sit well with Lucent shareholders.

This powerful blend of humor and horror, expansiveness and claustrophobia may explain Ms. Murray's apparent attraction to Kafka, whose "Hunger Artist" is the title of one of the best paintings in the show.

Crookes did not, however, provide the true explanation of this apparent "attraction and repulsion resulting from radiation".