Word: appealing
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...developed a bit of a cult following, especially on the Internet. Nettwerk, her music label, is one of the first to advertise aggressively through the internet, and the maintain a Web site (http://www.wimsey.com/nettwerk/) that provides information about McLachlan and her music. McLachlan's quirkiness seems to appeal to her fans; she is a talented artist, and does much of the art for her album covers and inserts...
...dozen or so. This year, while Manhattan's mainstream theaters could find only a single original tune show--and that, Lloyd Webber's Sunset Blvd., was an import from London and Los Angeles--Vegas' casino hotels are proving that the old form still has sass, vibrancy and audience appeal. And size. And how! Four big productions will have opened by Memorial Day: EFX, the magic show Spellbound, a permanent edition of The Great Radio City Music Hall Spectacular and Splash II: The Voyage of a Lifetime! "In Las Vegas," says producer Jeff (Splash) Kutash, "it's always one-upmanship...
...April 3] mentioned the case of Professor James Maas of Cornell University who was accused of harassment by four former students. We said Maas had been stripped of a $25,000 teaching award he received in 1993. In fact, no such action has been taken. The case remains under appeal...
...state did not create the segregation that now holds sway, it need not take measures to dismantle it. Lawyers for the plaintiffs in the case, Sheff v. O'Neill, who claim that the students are being denied the equal educational opportunity guaranteed by the state constitution, plan to appeal. "As we're ending the 20th century, it looks like de facto segregation will become the new segregation," says John Brittain, a University of Connecticut law professor and a lead attorneys for the plaintiffs. "It's 100 years after Plessy v. Ferguson, and we are still separate, still unequal...
...Supreme Court refused Dr. Jack Kevorkian's last-ditch plea to avoid prosecution forassisting two suicides and three attempted suicidesby terminally-ill patients. The Justices, without comment, rejected the retired Michigan pathologist's appeal of a Michigan Supreme Court ruling that the Constitution creates no right to assisted suicide.TIME law reporter Andrea Sachssays the doctor's setback will have minimal impact on the movement, which will continue to seek to expand legal rights in this area: "Dr. Kevorkian has ricocheted in and out of court so much that people now see him as a lone ranger." Kevorkian, who has aided...