Word: appealing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...group called the Beatles. When Epstein discovered they were playing near by in a joint named The Cavern, he took a squint. "It was a smoky, smelly, pretty squalid cellar," he later recalled, "and their act was ragged, undisciplined, and their clothes were a mess. Yet I recognized the appeal of their beat, and I rather liked their humor. I sensed something big-if it could be at once harnessed and at the same time left untamed." That was Brian Epstein's life work: organizing the unruly Merseyside boys, adding some professional polish, and making them wash...
...Debray was charged with murder, arson, armed insurrection, conspiracy against the state and illegal entry into Bolivia. He was held for trial by a military tribunal rather than a civilian criminal court. His arrest brought immediate protests from the French Ambassador, screams from the French press, and a personal appeal from De Gaulle. The Human Rights Commissions of France, Italy and Belgium dispatched observers to plead his case. His father, who is a lawyer, his mother, who is a Paris city councilwoman, and his childhood nurse all flew to the Bolivian capital of La Paz to rescue their petit chou...
...ranges from makers of garden tools, shoes and carpeting to a London manufacturer of crossbows and another that makes 10-ft.-tall toy elephants that move on battery power and cost $10,000 apiece. Heald warns each of his clients that, elephants and crossbows excepted, the days of snob appeal in the U.S. are over. "It is no longer enough to sell an item on the fact that it is made in Britain," says Heald...
...actor disappeared, taking days to perfect his makeup, spending weeks learning every nuance of the characters he portrayed-an arrogant gangster in Scarf ace (1932), a fierce patriot in Juarez (1939), a dedicated scientist in The Story of Louis Pasteur, which won him a 1936 Oscar. His Hollywood appeal faded in the 1940s, but he made a triumphant return on Broadway as Clarence Darrow in 1955's Inherit the Wind...
...reading, his fans have left their inhibitions on the mainland and want a come-on-strong virility. They don't even mind his occasional bathroom humor. There is a pidgin Hawaiian expression, "Letta go your blouse," roughly meaning "anything goes." That is Ho's approach-and appeal...