Word: appealing
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Both as man and model, Oliver Sacks has obvious appeal. He is descended from a line of literary physicians-from Chekhov to Jonathan Miller, the late Lewis Thomas and, perhaps most significantly, the Russian neurologist A.R. Luria, whose neurohistorical writings helped introduce the public to the mysteries of the brain...
...SEASON END IN A LAWSUIT. But the horse the conservatives rode hardest was the case of the elderly woman who was awarded $2.9 million in a judgment against McDonald's after she burned herself with a McDonald's cup of coffee (the payoff was reduced on appeal to $480,000). As Suffolk Law School professor Michael Rustad told TIME, despite the perception out there of vast monies changing hands in these cases, only 10% of punitive-damages awards of more than $10 million are paid; 90% are reduced or reversed...
...Gustave Hauser said his original intent wasto provide create much-needed space on campus andany aesthetic appeal is secondary...
President Clinton made a St. Patrick's Day appeal to Catholics and Protestants in British-controlled Northern Ireland, asking them to get rid of their weapons. Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, visiting the White House along with Irish Prime Minister John Bruton tonight, insisted that the political wing of the Catholic Irish Republican Army lacks the authority to act on Clinton's request. Bruton disagreed. He told reporters that Adams "has tremendous influence" over the anti-British IRA. Bruton and Adams praised Clinton for opening the White House gates for Sinn Fein, a controversial move they hope will accelerate peace...
Rene Russo struggles with a weak character, and gratuitous romance plot. Director Wolfgang Peterson apparently felt compelled to broaden the appeal of the movie beyond science and the military with a love story, Unfortunately, he doesn't pull it off-the romance is forced and convenient...