Word: appealing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What, one would ask, is the appeal of this bastard child of 7-Up and Jolt? A sinister picture is painted by Elliot T. Weiss '99. "Maybe in another attempt to corner some area of the market, they left some ingredient off." The hypothesis hearkens back to the rumors that the soft drink Coca-Cola had a little something extra in it's original formula to attract and then addict its buyers. "Maybe it's some government conspiracy tested in small towns," Weiss adds. "I suddenly saw Surge a year ago in a rural town in the Carolinas." It seems...
...steels the will and would rather be evaluated as persons than as numbers, even if it means a more painful rejection. I admit it. If you don't think intense competition and frequent evaluation and rejection are detrimental to the individual and social good, my plan probably won't appeal...
Here?s the worst-kept secret in the country today: Paula Jones has decided to appeal the dismissal of her sexual harassment suit against President Clinton. Despite valiant efforts by her handlers to keep the decision quiet until an orchestrated press conference Thursday -- even garrulous spokeswoman Susan Carpenter McMillan has been wearing the muzzle of late -- the news has leaked out. Which is all that can be expected in a case where leaks to the press have become as common as filings to the judge...
...World Court had appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to postpone the execution in order to consider Paraguay?s claim that Breard might have received a lesser sentence had law enforcement officials not breached international convention by failing to inform the Paraguayan consulate of his arrest. Madeleine Albright made a similar appeal to Gilmore. ?The State Department intervened because it has to protect the interests of U.S. citizens living overseas,? says TIME correspondent Douglas Waller. ?They didn?t want this to be taken as an excuse by foreign governments to deny U.S. citizens the right to contact their consulate...
Many alumnae said they saw Knowles' letter as a tacit appeal for donations, adding that they had not received such letters before...