Word: appealing
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...Tucker, a Democrat, had been accused of obtaining a federally backed loan under false pretenses and trying to avoid taxes. U.S. District Judge Henry Woods said the charges bore no resemblance to the matters Starr has been assigned to investigate. Ratan cautions, however, that Starr can, and probably will, appeal Woods' decision...
...campaign's most compelling--and curious--figures. He is , first of all, a political oxymoron, a black Republican ("The Invisible Man" is how he describes his life in the G.O.P.); a Harvard Ph.D. with a daily three-hour populist talk-radio show; and a black Roman Catholic whose principal appeal is to white Evangelicals...
...quit or die each year. The best way to capture new ones is to get them when they are young: of all adult smokers, 90% started smoking before the age of 20. This is why much of the tobacco industry's $6 billion worth of advertising contains an undeniable appeal to youth. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, after the Joe Camel advertising campaign, which depicts a camel wearing sunglasses and driving a fancy car, began in 1988, the proportion of teenage smokers who prefer Camels more than tripled. Said Clinton last week: "Does anyone seriously doubt...
While cigarettes hold an intrinsic appeal for kids convinced they are immortal and desperate to be cool, grass-roots antismoking campaigns across the U.S. have begun to show some promise. African-American groups have focused attention on the way certain ads and cigarette brands are aimed specifically at blacks and have enlisted churches, parents and school groups to combat underage smoking. The success rate has been phenomenal: according to 1993 figures, only 4.4% of black teens smoke, compared with nearly 23% of white teens...
Convicted Philadelphia cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal, a journalist active in radical black politics, obtained an indefinite stay of execution so he can pursue an appeal. Abu-Jamal, whose claims of innocence have become an international cause celebre, maintains he was railroaded by the criminal-justice system because of his politics...