Word: appealing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fiery appeal was not enough in the face of the evidence. The nine men and three women needed only an hour and 25 minutes of deliberation to judge Citizens Councilman Lauderdale, a building supply dealer, guilty of what the prosecution had called "a diabolical scheme." The jury's proposed sentence: three years in prison, a $500 fine. He was the third of five accused Little Rock bombers to be convicted (another pleaded guilty), with trial of the fifth still to come...
Bygone Banners. Fiery Party Chairman Barbara Castle had opened the meeting with an old-style appeal for public ownership as Labor's great cause. "It's no use waving the banners of a bygone age," replied Gaitskell. "Nationalization, on balance, lost us votes...
...years of defeat had not. Last week Francesco, 49, wrote a letter to the editor confessing that at long last "I have given up, because with women one cannot win." As for Angela, now a spinster of 40, she could not care less. "He didn't appeal to me when he was younger," she said, "and he appeals to me even less now." When told that Francesco had named her his heir, Angela showed a tougher fiber than even the most famous of Italian shrews, Katharina of Padua. Snapped Angela: "I want no part of him, alive or dead...
...members of the senior class of whom Mr. Keohane is only one. The question of the publicity and the deadline for the Class Marshal nominations was brought up before several House Masters, one of whom arranged an interview with the Deans. To clarify the situation, the Deans recommended an appeal through the democratic process of petition. Acting on this advice, we set up the mechanics of the petition--stating the sole considerations of "inadequate publicity" and "unfortunate timing." On these grounds, we were able to collect about 300 signatures of dissatisfied seniors before the issue was completely clouded by yesterday...
Most shows touring service bases in the past have been musical revues, Henning pointed out, and in this respect the present production will set a precedent. He explained that he selected Our Town because it seemed to be a play with universal appeal and because "it is the type of play Harvard actors can do best...