Word: appealing
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...about his guilt. They pointed to evidence that the crucial blood test may have been botched and that O'Dell may have been bloodied, as he claimed, in a brawl elsewhere. But prosecutors insisted the case against him was solid, and after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his last appeal by a 5-to-4 vote in July 1997, O'Dell was executed...
...different seam of political frustration ?- the perceived need for new thinking to break traditional ideological molds. Voters know the old models aren?t working, so a candidate such as Bill Bradley who can appear to be a deep thinker unburdened by partisan baggage has a kind of White Knight appeal to the more serious voter. The Thinker is the cerebral voter?s Healer...
Still, Kasparov's new online adventure touches an even deeper and more immediate anxiety we have--or should have--about computers and the Internet. (Vague techno-paranoia, after all, has a limited appeal; someone pointed out at the time of Kasparov's loss that humans have been losing races to their own invention--the bicycle--for some time now without disastrous consequences). How is the internet changing the way we interact with one other...
...appeal is easy enough to understand. Audiences love child prodigies, and record-company executives love them even more--especially when they act like ordinary kids, not prematurely serious artist-nerds. That's Church all over: a cheerful talk-show guest, she admits to being a fan of Puff Daddy's and Celine Dion's. Even better, she has the kind of I'm-no-snob demeanor that goes over spectacularly well in class-obsessed Britain, where artists who have (or can simulate) the common touch can count on being boosted by the down-market tabloids. That too is Church...
...case that drew much attention, a jury in rural Arenac County found Boomer guilty of repeatedly using "the F word" within earshot of children after his canoe overturned in a river. He faces 90 days in jail. The ACLU, which calls the law unconstitutional, has vowed an appeal...