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Word: appealing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...perhaps even more so after it becomes clear that the whole thing comes no closer to fulfilling our fantasies than the promises of free hot phone sex. Psychological researchers presumably designed this poster in order to capture our attention, and the method they devised to do so was to appeal to a trait that we are even more ashamed of than greed or even lust. They tried to appeal to something entirely different: our arrogance. And in a place where they had to compete with thousands of other fluorescent fliers, they were aware that this was enough. For any Harvard...

Author: By Dara Horn, | Title: Billboards in Fantasyland | 4/29/1999 | See Source »

Kennedy, who is the son of former U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy '47 and the nephew of former president John F. Kennedy '40, ended his speech with an appeal to "natural...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Robert Kennedy Promotes Environmentalism | 4/29/1999 | See Source »

...Smelly feet aren't a total loss. Andrew D. Hackbarth `99 attributes the name of his party-prone room in Kirkland House, The Swamp, to his roommate's notorious foot odor problem. But usually, the revealing skin of open toe cleavage, spaghetti strap fronts and backless heels loses all appeal when accompanied by a whiff of that pungent foot smell, caused by a combination of rotting skin and bacteria and sweat-sock fungus...

Author: By V.c. Hallett, | Title: Those Stinky, Nasty Feet | 4/29/1999 | See Source »

MILWAUKEE--Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Fernando Vina will appeal a two-game suspension for putting a finger in umpire Mike Winters' face while arguing balls and strikes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Vina's Gesture Costs Brewers | 4/29/1999 | See Source »

...Humphreys says the Square is losing its appeal for shoppers...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Briggs & Briggs Bids Goodbye to Square | 4/28/1999 | See Source »

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