Word: appealing
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Haynes also said the issues being tackled by many members of the committee are not directly relevant to most students but rather only appeal to a small minority...
...appearance of the greatest bass player of our generation, Christian McBride, put the Sanders Theater stage to good use. The packed house reacted enthusiastically to Redman's every move and indeed there were moments in the show when Redman's playing almost lived up to his charisma and popular appeal...
...Republican numbers in Congress, the Republican Party rebuilt itself in the image of Ronald Reagan. His message of conservatism with a smile captured the hearts of voters. Ever since that time, the party has continued to move rightward, forcing longtime politicians like Dole to alter long-held positions to appeal to conservative voters. The current Congress is at work completing the anti-government revolution promised by Reagan...
...secret of Buchanan's appeal is not just that he has identified this sense of helplessness but also that he has grafted it onto his trademark message of God, country, family and faith; in this way he is engaged in a neat bit of political matchmaking between the economic populists and the social conservatives. Many of those drawn to his rally are responding to the moral positions Buchanan staked out in 1992, when he famously declared that "in that struggle for the soul of America, Clinton and Clinton are on the other side, and George Bush is on our side...
...income claimed by the most affluent one-twentieth of households rose from 21% to 26%; for the upper one-fifth as a whole it rose from 47% to 52%. Meanwhile, the share fell for the second one-fifth--and the third, and the fourth, and the fifth. The potential appeal of a sharply redistributive income tax is unknown, but this simple math suggests it's bigger than before and getting bigger. And that is President Clinton's issue to claim--not Buchanan's, not Gramm's, not Dole...