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Word: appealing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...next few weeks a three-member administrative panel, set up under state regulations, will consider Rivers' appeal. At issue will be fundamental questions of free speech, due process and parental rights. But also, perhaps, a matter of common courtesy. "I could have walked into school on Aug. 31 without telling anyone," Rivers says. "How rude would that have been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: He? She? Whatever! | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

...young prizefighter, is shot dead while trying to rob an armored car. Kevin, a drug dealer, is found suspiciously hanged outside his jail cell. Sister Kathy, a serious pill popper, is shoved off a roof and badly crippled; and 13-year-old Steven is convicted, though eventually acquitted on appeal, of shooting a friend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pride and Prejudice | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

...clouds. Then, all of a sudden the balloon starts hitting poor Billy on the head and then hanging him from the sky and next dropping him to a gloomy fate below. Soon the sky is filled with a swarm of evil balloons carrying little children. This might not quite appeal to your sense of humor, but the films are short enough, ranging from the one-minute Forrest Dump and Foreskin Gump to the longest piece, the six-minute Swing Sluts, that you don't need a particularly long attention span. This is a great show to see after a full...

Author: By Dunia Dickey and Jennifer Paniza, S | Title: Cinemanic: More Sick, More Twisted | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

...film's most irresistible appeal, however, stems from actors Molly Shannon and Will Ferrell. In Superstar, Molly Shannon presents a tamer, less intense Mary Katherine Gallagher than her counterpart on SNL. This lack of stamina is undoubtedly due to the longer length of the film. Will Ferrell as Sky is the quintessential master of morons. But overall, both actors' talents are underused in a film that fails to showcase their comedic brilliance...

Author: By Adriana Martinez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: SNL to Screen: Superstar is Ghetto | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

...judge who?s part of the community that this traumatized," says Cohen. "He?s obviously passionate about this. If you?re going to be tough, this is the crime to be tough about." Said a battle-weary McGuire afterward: "Might as well just get the ball rolling on the appeal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Judge Won't Budge on Bombing Buddy | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

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