Word: appealing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...centuries. He retains much of his shirokaya dusha, or boundless generosity, his emotionalism, his stolid endurance, his hatred and distrust of authority and, at the same time, his deep need for it. Despite widespread atheism and official disapproval, religion is proving increasingly difficult to root out. The Baptists, who appeal to the Russian soul with their fundamentalism, are growing steadily, now have more than 3,000,000 members. Even if its inhabitants rarely attend a religious service, practically every Russian village still celebrates the name day of the local church's patron saint...
Inexpensive ($12 to $25) and frankly for show, they are worn on the wrist with wide vinyl bands in vivid electric colors, dangle from necklaces or belts, even come as adjustable rings to be worn on the finger. Nor is their appeal only to the young. Rose Kennedy, Carol Channing, Oveta Gulp Hobby and Mary Lasker all sport them. Lord Snowdon owns several, including a big black one to harmonize with his evening clothes. The Beatles' Ringo Starr threads his on a velvet ribbon and drapes it around his neck...
...appeal was mounted, and last year, for a variety of reasons-among them the prosecutor's suppression of evidence-the U.S. Supreme Court threw out the conviction. Last week at the new trial, the girl-now married and the mother of two-did not even show up to testify. The prosecution's case collapsed, and the Giles brothers walked out of court as free men. Strategy is now being mapped to free Johnson as well...
...move was a result of the snow-balling response to our nationwide appeal for support," Dr. Hershel Jick, chairman of the Draft Gavin group, said yesterday...
...criminal proceeding against William McGuire, a 20 year old clerk at the Boston branch of the Paperback Booksmith. McGuire was fined two hundred dollars for selling the issue which was the tenth the Avatar has published. Marshall Smith, manager of the Booksmith chain, said that his lawyers would appeal the decision. In Massachusetts this means a new trial before the State Superior Court...