Word: appealing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...clear that the University wanted to address the issues, but it was difficult...to appeal to donors" with requests for wires and sheet metal, said Nancy M. Cline, Larsen librarian of HarvardCollege. "[Loker] looked beyond the mundane" andmade an "investment in the future of Harvard."Without her, "it would have been a much longerprocess," she said...
...revolutionists who would bring these skeptical tribes together would have to be able to combine political activism with an irony as thick as David Letterman's. They would have to avoid simplistic sloganeering and embrace the creative use of media and technology. Finally, they would have to appeal to their tribalized constituent elements...
Despite its knee-slapping moments, this intense physical style can be a bit disconcerting in a play like The Misanthrope, which derives so much of its appeal from the verbal thrust-and-parry modeled after the wits of Moliere's France. Action often interrupts the rhyme and rhythm of the verse, and constant physical exertion occasionally leaves actors too flustered to deliver their lines smoothly. The play's periodic farcical episodes and silly characters can be amusing though, as long as they are timed so as not to interfere with the dialogue. For example, when director Jerry Ruiz '00 mixes...
...that they can do just that--survive. Titled Prolonging the Magic, Cake's newest release doesn't use the exact same brand of magic as its last album, Fashion Nugget. Things are a little more upbeat this time around. The Sacramento, California-based band's latest work will probably appeal to even more people than just those "The Distance" freaks, who might be disappointed that there is no similar song on the album. Prolonging the Magic doesn't have all of the same ingredients as Cake's previous hits did, but it is not supposed to. Even as Cake evolves...
WASHINGTON: The GOP would probably rather be in Houston -- but this time around, Philly is the way to go. Reeling from Tuesday's election and intent on broadening their appeal, the Republicans are pitching their 2000 convention tent squarely in traditional Democratic territory -- the northeast. "The first president of the next millennium will be nominated in the cradle of liberty," Republican Party Chairman Jim Nicholson said Thursday...