Word: appealing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Woodstock Music and Art Fair, which was billed by its youthful Manhattan promoters as "An Aquarian Exposition" of music and peace. The festival turned out to be history's largest happening. As the moment when the special culture of U.S. youth of the '60s openly displayed its strength, appeal and power, it may well rank as one of the significant political and sociological events...
Janis Joplin knew that the aura of self-destruction was part of her appeal. She also knew that to her contemporaries she was much more than a rock singer. She was a tragic heroine whose character summed up all the contradictions, frustrations and despairs of life under 30. Last week, on a day that at least superficially seemed to be less lonely than most, she died on the lowest and saddest of notes. Returning to her Hollywood motel room after a late-night recording session and some hard drinking with friends at a nearby bar, she apparently filled a hypodermic...
...recent weeks, political support for the bombing slipped sharply in the U.S. and in the Middle East, where there were few offers of bases and logistical backup for the Americans. Even at the Pentagon, bombing was losing its appeal as a nice, clean solution, since no one believed that the battle plan was sufficient to depose Saddam or destroy his hidden chemical and biological weapons. Washington faced the reality that Annan would have to try to work out something with Saddam. But Clinton wanted Annan to go to Baghdad hard-wired to broker only the kind of deal the President...
Mondale's mission stemmed from growing concern that Suharto could drive Indonesia into a collapse that would flood its neighbors with refugees. One appeal came from Singapore's Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, who called Clinton to urge the U.S. to intervene. That helped trigger a Feb. 18 White House session in which Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin proposed Mondale, a former ambassador to Japan, as Clinton's envoy. Participants agreed that Mondale had the clout to pressure Suharto while reassuring him that the U.S. remains his friend...
BOSTON: It was supposed to be a hearing of arguments, but Massachusetts Supreme Court justices did more talking than listening when the Louise Woodward case went to appeal Monday. Normally silent in such instances, their honors were playing devil's advocate -- so much so that both Woodward attorney Andrew Good and Assistant D.A. Sabita Singh seemed to be caught off guard. "That's an amazing suggestion," interrupted one justice. "So say you," retorted another. It may not have been quite as explosive as Friday's electrical fire, but it was certainly as unexpected...