1.   And the Nets do not have the lure of tradition, as does Chicago.

2.   In two years, the Rockets would have a lure in McDyess, who could help draw other free agents to Houston.

3.   Nor does it have the lure of Nashville, the country music capital of the world, or Atlanta, the hub of the South.

4.   Paul Fassinger, economist with the Association of Bay Area Governments in Oakland, said the region had other lures.

5.   Rent-A-Tire has other lures for its target audience.

6.   The fairs have multiple lures for corporations, too.

7.   The players were all from Northern California because USF coaches had almost no recruiting budget and they had no lures for out-of-state players.

8.   Yet the reptiles no longer have the lure of the exotic that they once commanded.