Word: appealing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...response will be the somewhat more qualified slogan: "We will agree to stop tests if you will agree to stop making bombs." The U.S. proposals implied a far greater degree of genuine disarmament, but by virtue of its very simplicity the Russian slogan was likely to have its appeal to "peace-loving" neutrals, while the Russian press keeps up its efforts to show the U.S. as a warmonger (see cartoon...
Tents & Tasks. In late spring, with the enthusiastic approval of Morocco's new King Mohammed V, Ben Barka made a dramatic appeal to young men: give your country one month's labor on the Unity Road. Of the 36,000 youths who answered his call, 12,000 were finally selected on the basis of geographical distribution-Negroes, fair-skinned Berbers, and Arabs from the coastal cities. France (in whose detention camps ex-Revolutionary Ben Barka spent nearly four years) contributed tents for the volunteers and the U.S. provided $100,000 worth of blankets, mess kits and army uniforms...
...expected, the word brought an outraged howl from United Automobile Workers President Walter Reuther, who only a fortnight ago demanded an "anti-inflation" cut of $100 on 1958 cars (TIME, Sept. 2). Thunderbird Reuther, announcing an appeal to President Eisenhower "to exert his great persuasive charm" on the "irresponsibility" of the automakers: "You can increase wages and cut prices and make money if production is increased...
JANIS DARLENE MARTIN, 17, a onetime Virginia country girl to whom Victor hopes to transfer some of the Elvis Presley appeal. A veteran of such folksy outfits as the Dixie Playboys and the Shenandoah Valley Boys, Darlene was signed on the basis of a demonstration record, loaded aboard the Victor March of Dimes train for a tour of the country. Her high, nasal voice and tub-thumping beat went over big at whistle stops and local auditoriums. Two of her singles-My Boy Elvis and Little Bit-got on the charts, and with her latest disk, Love Me to Pieces...
...series of situations and characters that must extend and develop over great periods of time. Our critics are people who do not stay with us." Although key telegrams are still delivered on the Friday program and opened on Monday, Actress Payne insists that cliffhanging is not "the appeal of our story." "Our characters are lovable, often funny human beings-family friends." But in accordance with the canons of daytime serials, Ma is carefully constructed to flatter the female ego. Says Actress Payne: "Everyone knows more than Ma does...