Word: appealing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...program does not have universal appeal. "I don't read. I watch T.V.," said one elderly man. "At least I didn't tell you I can't read," he added...
When asked to elaborate, he modestly responds, "We've just been coming together as a team." This coach, if he is to avoid the tag of arrogant braggart, must appeal to higher motives--i.e. "the way things are" or "team spirit"--as the reason for his team's triumph, without drawing God or other divinities into it. (God and company only work wonders for true underdogs...
...with his mother. Although a lower-court jury cleared Publisher Larry Flynt of libel because the statements were so ridiculous that no one took them as fact, it awarded Falwell $200,000 for his "emotional distress." Despite Hustler's sleazy nature, other publications have joined in support of the appeal. Reason: the legal concept of "emotional distress" might allow public figures to sue the authors of any critical commentary based on their hurt feelings rather than the press's wrongdoing. A ruling is expected by next July...
...painters as of poets. Constable was Wordsworth's equal and ally, not his plagiarist, when he wrote that the light in his paintings "cannot be put out because it is the light of Nature -- the mother of all that is valuable in poetry, painting or anything else where an appeal to the soul is required." Natural vision, the sense of English terrain, exalted hopes of freedom, fear of the apocalyptic violence that lurked in human nature and, above all, a sense of rebirth in all departments of life -- it is not easy to reimagine the ferment of those times. Throughout...
...experts do not see a disaster for the industry as a whole. Traditional toys have not lost their appeal, however short they may be on microprocessors. There will apparently never be a shortage of buyers for Crayola crayons, LEGO blocks and roller skates. Indeed, Ohio Art says sales of its Etch A Sketch, now in its 28th year, are up 50% this year. Says Gil Wachsman, president of the 128-store Child World chain: "What we're seeing is people moving toward better quality, and intrinsic to that is better value." For parents who still have closets full of little...