Word: appealing
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...scene in which Clara and Fritz playfully try to peek through the door at the pre-gala happenings; gone also is the spicy one-woman, four-men "Spanish Dance" (it is now a simpler pas de deux). But these small changes do not make much difference in the overall appeal of the show--it remains as graceful and as cutely comical as it ever...
Last week, the Boston School Committee voted to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court a recent federal court decision striking down racial preferences in admissions to the Boston Latin School, the city's most prestigious public high school. If the high court decides to hear the case, it would be the first appeal involving affirmative action in the realm of public schools. A broad ruling could have widespread national repercussions, setting a precedent for any race-conscious policy in any school district...
...Supreme Court shows the high court would most likely not hear the case at all or rule against such a narrow conception of diversity. Given the potential significance of a ruling in this arena, it is both dangerous and unwise for the Boston School Committee to pursue this appeal. Instead, we would urge the school district to formulate an alternative admissions plan which, if challenged, would make a more favorable test case for standards of diversity in secondary education...
...would be in the best interests of both Boston Latin and its students, for the school to drop the pending appeal and instead concentrate its efforts in developing a broader admissions policy, such as the one employed by Harvard and many other colleges. By incorporating a number of varied factors--which include grades, socioeconomic background, extracurricular interests and race--these admissions programs recognize individual achievement and potential rather than simple racial or ethnic classifications...
Although Singh said Icon would have wide appeal, it is targeted at Harvard students and others with high-speed Internet capabilities, since the magazine takes utilizes the latest technologies...