Word: appealling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...week that Atlanta will be host to the 1988 Democratic National Convention. The city that Democratic Chairman Paul Kirk called the "hub, heart and capital of the South" offered the party $15 million in public and private funds as bait. The ^ choice also reflects the Democrats' renewed efforts to appeal to Southern voters, who unseated five Republican Senators last fall and who will play an important role in 1988 with a first-ever regional presidential primary...
...deal to allow Burda to appear four times a year in the Soviet Union was struck last May as part of Mikhail Gorbachev's campaign to upgrade the quality of Soviet life. Part of the magazine's expected appeal is that it publishes sewing patterns of its fashion offerings, which Soviet homemakers will be able to copy. Another factor that probably found favor with Moscow's officialdom is that Burda shuns articles on sex and politics, traditional Soviet taboos. At first the new Burda edition will be printed in West Germany, but the plan is to begin printing in Moscow...
...cost of both the DAT cassettes and the machines needed to play them is high enough so that the new technology will probably appeal, at least initially, chiefly to real audiophiles. Similar in appearance to ordinary analog cassettes but about two-thirds the size, DATs are expected to cost about $12. At first, digital tape machines will set buyers back anywhere from $1,000 to $1,500, vs. $200 to $600 for CD players...
More than a year ago, when a Houston jury ordered Texaco to pay Pennzoil an incredible $10.5 billion to settle their legal battle over a 1984 merger fight, many experts were convinced that the landmark judgment would be drastically reduced on appeal. But so far Texaco's lawyers have been unable to defuse this financial time bomb that threatens the survival of the third largest U.S. oil company. A Texas court of appeals last week upheld a staggering $8.5 billion of the original judgment...
...Texaco Chief Executive James Kinnear was incredulous. "It is appalling," he said. "The decision supports an outrageous judgment totally at odds with both the law and the facts." The company vowed to fight all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. In the meantime, a U.S. court of appeals in New York City has ruled that while the case is on appeal, Texaco has to post a bond of only $1 billion. Pennzoil argues that Texaco must put up the full amount of the judgment, and the Supreme Court is expected to rule on this issue by midsummer...