Word: appealing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have backed away from their disastrous plan to abolish the federal Department of Education, and some took strange pride recently in blocking Bill Clinton's multibillion-dollar public-school construction plan. They have remained wedded to conservative shibboleths like education savings accounts and private-school vouchers, which have little appeal to the 89% of Americans who send their children to public schools. Says Ravitch: "Bush is so far ahead of the national party that the people in Washington can't even see how behind they...
...romances, the folks at Vanity Fair are powerless to resist featuring a beautiful woman astride a powerful beast. In its 1998 Hall of Fame issue, the magazine and photographer Steven Meisel present CAMERON DIAZ as this year's official model turned actress, dubbing her "a Tweety Bird with sex appeal." Though her gilded cage no longer includes Matt Dillon, the actress can be seen with another thuggish gent later this month when she co-stars with Christian Slater in the black comedy Very Bad Things...
...Century," one of our favorites was "Hollywood Squares." We developed our problem-solving skills by debating the merits of picking Milton Berle or Alf for the win. After a while, though, we grew older and tired of game shows. Jm J. Bullock and Shadoe Stevens lost their appeal after their 387th game...
...volley of "bayou" jokes begins, ranging from a dinner of medium rare python to a disproportionate propensity for missing teeth. At first, these are gross and funny, but eventually become just gross. Amazingly, Bates and Sandler manage to keep the unoriginal material quite hilarious; but even Sandler's comedic appeal cannot sustain the mindless Foxworthy humor. Fortunately, he does get some help from Fairuza Balk as Bobby's horny, buck-toothed and violent, but nonetheless sweet, ex-convict girlfriend. She demonstrates her love for Bobby by redesigning his riding lawnmower into a high-speed vehicle, romantically stealing Lawrence Taylor...
...positive spin on the deal. And within the Jones camp, spokeswoman Susan Carpenter McMillan has won a significant victory over her longtime rivals at the Rutherford Institute and the Dallas law firm Rader, Campbell, Fisher & Pyke, all of whom were threatening to walk out after concluding an appeal of the Jones case dismissal. It was only when McMillan's husband, Bill, got involved in negotiations that a deal was brokered. Indeed, it came as a surprise to many that a settlement could be reached at all in the wake of midterm elections that put the White House in a buoyant...