Word: appealing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Since they owe so much to sumo, it is no wonder that the Japanese are wild about the sport-even though it has lost some of its appeal since the good old days of 2,000 years ago when wrestlers fought to the death. Now they only try to throw an opponent down or force him outside a 15-ft. ring. To most foreigners, the spectacle of two near-naked, 300-lb. behemoths locked in a sweaty embrace, tugging mightily at each other's loincloths and grunting like rhinoceri, is about as exciting as a traffic jam. That makes...
...idea of investing money in high-risk, low-return areas has merit for individual investors,"Calkins added. "I think that to put some money where it will do some good will appeal to many people...
Their argument is that such things are a violation of the Soviet constitution. Their tactic is essentially an appeal to law, and that in itself represents an advance over the days of Stalin, when such a protest would have been meaningless. That it is not entirely meaningless now is demonstrated by the fact that the secret police are also concerned with fabricating cases that they can prop up in a Soviet court. The KGB effort to peddle Solzhenitsyn's manuscripts abroad is a search for a pretext to arrest him. Stalin's police never required pretexts for anything they...
...tween wish and denial has often been widened by the very institutions that should provide certainty. Science has bared the mysteries of subatomic particles, and in the process has almost turned into a new metaphysics groping for evidence of things unseen. As organized religion loses its appeal through stuffiness or sterility, people seeking faith increasingly turn to mystical religions, such as Zen and Zoroastrianism...
Despite Hughes' repeated setbacks in the courts, which stem in part from his refusal to take the stand in his own defense, his lawyers will probably appeal any adverse court judgment in hopes of getting a reduction or a dismissal of the damages. Until two years ago, a damage settlement would have hurt Hughes hardly at all. At that time, he still owned 78.2% of TWA and would, in effect, have been paying the assessments largely to himself. But, in a daring gamble that he would not have to pay damages, Hughes sold his TWA shares for $546.5 million...