It has already exported trains and subways to developing countries, which are attracted by China's lower prices and high performance.
And politicians including Scott M. Stringer, the Manhattan borough president, have assailed the city and the transportation authority for a perceived influx of rats, which are attracted to loose trash deposited by subway riders.
Medway is full of birds — rare red-cockaded woodpeckers, migratory ducks — many of which are attracted by its ponds, which are themselves the man-made remains of rice reserves originally constructed by slave labor.
In the linear synchronous motor, the copper or aluminum is replaced by large magnets under the cars which are attracted to or repelled by the magnetic field generated in the stator windings.
Mr. Thompson says up to 15 percent of the 60 billion euros raised thus far has gone to pension funds and government-backed sovereign wealth funds, which are attracted to the billions of dollars of real estate assets that banks are trying to offload.
Occasionally an individual is sufficiently sensitive to the scent of truffles to locate them, but truffle hunting is usually carried on with the aid of trained dogs or female pigs (which are attracted by the truffle's scent, similar to that of male pig pheromones).
