Word: appealing
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Picture this. There's a political issue Americans overwhelmingly support. It has broad appeal. It has a sound moral purpose and practical applications. Yet, even in today's poll-watching politics, it has been completely overlooked...
Picture this. There's a political issue Americans overwhelmingly support. It has broad appeal. It has a sound moral purpose and practical applications. Yet, even in today's poll-watching politics, it has been completely overlooked...
...decision is to extradite, the promised appeal could take years, and Einhorn will remain in French custody. If the decision is not to extradite, that's it. The Unicorn will walk into the cobblestone streets of Bordeaux with his lovely Swedish wife, the dark conspiracies that fill his head and whatever understanding he has reached with the ghost of Holly Maddux...
...Hillary does decide to run, and once the campaign actually begins, hopefully a fair evaluation of the issues will counter her celebrity appeal. Still, it would be better for everyone if, when her husband's term is over, Hillary headed home, got a normal job, sought some counseling and strongly considered getting a divorce. She has as much a right to personal happiness as anyone, but she has done nothing to earn an honored place in our public life...
...surprise, then, that the leaders of the sweatshop protests have decided to revive this strategy. Building takeovers, like most of the conventions of the '60s anti-war movement, hold an undeniable nostalgic appeal, especially now when student apathy seems to be hitting new highs. We imagine the protesters of the '60s as ideologically pure, people who renamed University Hall after Che Guevara--and meant it. It seems the protesters today are trying to prove they have the same zeal. The protesters at Georgetown certainly didn't decide to take over O'Donovan's office solely to evoke the radical romanticism...