Word: appealing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...categorically rejected Fidel Castro's televised appeal for talks to lift the 32-year-old embargo on the communist island, even as Castro flung open the gates for Cubans who set sail in droves for U.S. shores. "Our position is that we are not going to enter a dialogue with Castro over the pace and nature of change in Cuba," Under Secretary of State Peter Tarnoff said. "This is not a situation that has been brought on by American actions." With the rate of intercepted refugees at 3,200 a day, Department of Defense officials decided to send as many...
...early films of Gary Cooper and Cary Grant.) It's true that in East of Eden a whore calls out to Dean, "Hello, pretty boy." And yes, he was pretty: slight and muscular, his body compact, his face beautiful, seraphic, smudged, sleepy-eyed and quite American. Yet his appeal was not the girlish winsomeness of a catamite. It was the lost soul of the postwar teen, glamourized for the movies. In '50s film, that looked revolutionary. Today it just looks brilliant. Dean was important not only for what he represented but also for what he achieved: a delicacy that grounded...
...intercom system. Brian Wamsley, a 1992 graduate working at the school's computer center, reported that "it was just like winning the World Series. People were yelling and screaming and slapping high fives. It was chaos." For the moment no one seemed worried about Faulkner's intent to appeal the case as high as necessary. "It's good to know there are still some conservative people in this nation," said Wamsley. "We'll definitely be toasting the courts tonight...
Warren Haynes' thick sound is well complemented by his authoritative attack and tough blues riffs, not to mention his tasteful slide guitar playing. While Haynes' bluesy style earns a visceral appeal, Dickie Betts' fluid meanderings find a more melodic one. The band's new single (written by Betts) "Where It all Began" gave an excellent demonstration of Betts' ability to find melodic grooves while improvising...
...pull its animated summer smash "The Lion King" out of theaters on September 23, and re-release the film in late November in hopes of dominating the year's two biggest movie seasons. This novel marketing strategy is intended to coincide with school vacations, revitalizing the movie's audience appeal and chances for Academy Award nominations, which occur in the winter. Though the movie has been the source of some controversy over political incorrectness and threats of a lawsuit over copyright violations by a Japanese firm, no changes to the film's content are planned. Total take...