Word: appealing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...waiting and predicting the day the retread wears thin and blows out. Their campaign strategy is based on the hope that Democratic leaders next spring will come to believe that they have on their hands a tired figure that has lost as much of the old luster and appeal as Wendell Willkie had lost by 1944. An important Harriman supporter says of the 1952 nominee: "He hasn't made a good speech since early...
...Averell Harriman is a devoted and doctrinaire New Dealer, his forces believe he can pull strong conservative support in the West as well as in the East. They count, for example, on some spotty strength along the Harrimans' Union Pacific Railroad. They think Harriman has a two-way appeal. Says a partisan: "Because of his liberal record, he stands well with labor; because he's a businessman, the really big businessmen know that he's no crackpot...
However, the CCA did not screen all the 41 candidates. It endorsed only those candidates who had voter appeal with a self-segregated block of citizens, and those candidates who committed themselves to the CCA platform...
Losing Battle. Most Negro magazines are also waging a losing battle since they tend to appeal to the reader as a Negro first, and only secondarily as a member of the larger community in which he is rapidly winning a place. For example, Our World, one of the glossiest Negro magazines, has frequently featured articles on Negro life in Africa and other parts of the world. Last week, after dropping nearly 100,000 circulation since its 1952 peak of 251,599, Our World Publishing Co. went bankrupt...
...quadrupeds as soon as his show is moved to a studio equipped with a large elevator: "Now we're limited to those that can walk-or be carried-upstairs." The animal take-over has been so complete that the new programs employing mostly humans have been tooled to appeal more to adults than children. NBC's Frontier, ABC's Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp and CBS's Adventures of Robin Hood all stiffly announce that, while children are welcome, what they are really seeking is a grown-up audience. As for Hopalong Cassidy, the vanquished...