Word: appealable
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...Constructicons, and Starscream. Standing in for these A-list robots are the supernumeraries of the Transformer world, unknowns and footnotes whose inclusion does nothing for the story. Those recognizable faces that are used are often mischaracterized, overwhelmingly underdeveloped, or reduced to ciphers in service of the plot. The appeal of fanfiction often lies in the fleshing out of characters previously delineated in official lore in the most superficial ways. Roberts takes a step back, his excellent portrayal of the war coming at the cost of character development...
...basic premise of the situation—a confessed and condemned murder suddenly begins pleading innocence, and another convict claims to have committed the crime—loosely parallels the case of former Illinois death row inmates Rolando Cruz and his co-defendant Alex Hernandez, whom Turow represented in appeal in 1991. A fabricated confession, as well as significant oversight and mishandling of the case by detectives, led to their false convictions in 1983. After a third trial, Hernandez’s sentence was reduced to 80 years in prison. Cruz, however, remained on death row until 1995, when both...
Mike #1 says the potential for creativity adds to Lindy Hop’s appeal: “It’s the only purely lead-follow dance where you can really add in improvisation...
...Member Gladden J. Pappin ’04 extols the appeal of the sport. “I don’t know if there’s a particular attraction but, once you get good, it’s really fun,” Pappin says. “It’s definitely taken away some time from academic pursuits...
...these men was Max Lincoln, the founder of Eurocream, a British production company specializing in gay erotica. Lincoln e-mailed Ryan in early November and offered him a role in “Dreamboy 2,” Eurocream’s latest project. Uncertain of his sex appeal in real life, Ryan shyly declined Lincoln’s offer...