Word: appealing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Harvard; that brand of indifference arising out of the cross-sectional character of the undergraduate body is generally thought to be in conflict with the homogeneous collegiatism essential to a successful class affair. Perhaps more rational is the fear that a single prom of Cecil B. DeMille proportions would appeal only to a limited class of persons, and thus actually would not be a "class" dance--in the usual sense--at all. Miscellaneous objections to the unwieldiness of the affair, the absence of spirit except of the "colossal" sort, the danger of unpleasant notoriety, are heard mainly from those basically...
...suggestion may be offered, it is that the editors would appeal to a larger audience than tthe student Union by going light on controversy, in which little talent has been displayed except by their opponents. The journalistic "sting" is a device that has been worn threadbare by the Progressive's elder brothers...
Last week "Cryovac" bags were being tested for consumer appeal by four packing companies. A difficulty: some people have a prejudice against rubber as a food wrapper. Dewey and Almy is confident that this will be overcome, since their latex is odorless, tasteless...
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...Washington, D. C., attorneys for Mrs. Mabel Jones West of Birmingham, Ala. paid $280 to cover printing and other costs of an appeal to the Supreme Court against a Birmingham ordinance requiring her to have her Pekingese inoculated against rabies...