In its unpretentious and racy way, it too helps explain what it is about that mysterious and demanding religion that makes it attractive to rich and poor, credulous and sceptical, rational and superstitious alike.

ECONOMIST: The Roman Catholic church

This beer has a big, rich chocolate-colored head, and pours an attractive opaque black.

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The thinking goes that areas where investors camped out to collect rich dividends and wait things out get a lot less attractive in an environment where economic growth is still sluggish and rates are rising.

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When they see an attractive issue, advanced by an attractive figure, backed by rich firms, and advised by a top Washington consultant, they can hardly fail to.

ECONOMIST: American democracy

The attractive German soprano has a rich, almost venomous voice and a gimlet eye, conveying both the demonic and seductive sides of her character.

NEWYORKER: Classical Music

But the concern is that the welfare reforms will actually take far more money out of fragile poor economies than rich ones, making old industrial areas even less attractive to investors and entrepreneurs.

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