Word: appealling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard students as well would feel more comfortable if they knew that they could, if mistreated by Harvard police, appeal to a body outside the University. The current internal review process under which students may appeal alleged police misconduct is inadequate since the University has a vested interest in squelching the progress of complaints against its own police...
WILLS DEFINES Reagan's appeal the same way Roland Barthes defined myth: "He is a durable daylight `bundle of meanings,"' Wills writes. "Reagan does not argue for American values; he embodies them." Gifted with his salesman father's Irish blarney and his sermonizing mother's penchant for moral crusading, Reagan articulates and seems to embody values Americans prize most. He can josh with an audience and then preach to them. Self-deprecating, humble, unpretentious, charming and--most importantly--a financial and social success, Reagan stands as the "fulfillment of America's ideal--Everyman suddenly put in charge of the nation...
...Reagan's days as a sports announcer. Reagan's detractors, who dismiss the president as "just an actor" and view him as no more than a tele-prompted automaton, have not looked back far enough into his past. If they did, they would better understand the man and his appeal...
...that he's a complainer, but the Quality Inn wasn't the most classy hotel he's ever stayed in. "I called room service and asked for a sandwich, and they sent me two prostitutes," he said. At least they didn't send him sushi, a trendy dish whose appeal Maher doesn't quite understand: "Sushi? It's not food--it's bait...
Still confident of winning on appeal, Texaco has not yet faced any unusual hardships. Some oil executives may be anxious about the company's future, but the depressed state of the industry ensures that almost no one turns down a chance to do business with Texaco. No creditors are demanding to be paid in cash. There can be no doubt, though, that its battle with Pennzoil has preoccupied Texaco executives and employees. All are well aware that if Texaco loses the final round of its battle with Pennzoil, the firm will have little choice but to file for bankruptcy protection...