Word: appealing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...list has enormous market appeal. The issue that features the rankings has become what the guide's founding editor, Mel Elfin, has described as the U.S. News equivalent of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED's annual swimsuit issue: it is one of the best-selling issues of the year...
Most of those who run the state's powerful Democratic machine have endorsed the anti-gay marriage amendment. So how can the opposition hope to win? In a conflicted society, it must appeal to the people's sense of political liberalism over their sense of religious tradition. But their rivals, of course, are doing just the opposite. Both campaigns are reaching...
...dose up with a burst of energy late in the workday--to help, as PowerBar says, with "life's daily marathons." But as they enter the mainstream, many are dropping the ascetic rubber-brick ethos in favor of more savory--and fat-laden--formulas that appeal to a wider market...
Local H's sophomore album As Good As Dead (1996) opened the eyes of audiences everywhere with its raw appeal, but the group also gained a level of notoriety due to its members: Joe Daniels and Scott Lucas. In a world of elaborate back-up bands with three guitarists on every song, Daniels and Lucas have managed to create a hard-edge duo without sacrificing the complex underlying melodies that rock fans demand. The liner notes expound on the duties of the two collaborators: Daniels drums and whistles, while Lucas takes care of "the other stuff...
Here at Harvard, where black-tie doesn't mean camo cumberbunds and worn-down Redwing boots, hunters are a rare breed. (Although picking off squirrels with super-soakers may have a visceral appeal to students seeking an outlet for pent-up midterm anxiety.) In the city of Boston, there's a general shortage of gun-racks, camouflage jumpsuits, Winchester rifles, and taxidermists, none of which would harmoniously coincide with a cityscape of red-brick buildings and sculptured topiaries...