Word: appealling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nephew of the professor who won the Claus von Bulow appeal added that his uncle and he "are both pretty outspoken when comes down to issues that we believe...
Department members say that one of the chiefobstacles to making key appointments has been areluctance on the part of some professors totenure anyone. Part of Foner's appeal in thedepartment may have been that he was not likely toaccept an offer...
...mumblings about violations of antitrust laws that crop up periodically. Many years ago, the U.S. Congress granted Major League Baseball an official exemption from the nation's antitrust laws because of the sport's "unique" position in American society. But the courts--as in the recent USFL case, appeal of which is still pending--have refused to cite the other major leagues with monopolistic conspiracy...
...other attractive if less ambitious down-home cooking candidates deserve passing notice. Certainly, bread baking has strong nostalgic appeal. Bernard Clayton's New Complete Book of Breads (Simon & Schuster; 748 pages; $24.95) is a revised and expanded version of his previous, standard work. He explains new equipment and techniques with improved yeasts and flours. Onion- triticale bread and a cheese bread ring are two of the more intriguing additions. It is doubtful that one could think of a single type of bread not represented here in at least six variations...
Jacoby blames the dismantling of America's public "intellectual plant" on the linked appeal of security and specialization. Instead of standing in the cold to criticize, writes Jacoby, today's young brains opt for the warm but stifling blanket of academe, where 50,000 positions in 1920 have mushroomed to 700,000, many of them offering the tenured safety of $40,000-plus salaries. On campus, he claims, innovation and creativity have been subordinated to abstruse research, cranked out to satisfy doctoral requirements or a department chairman's notions of what will advance the discipline. As one proof, the author...