Word: appealling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...share of the U.S. auto market during the energy-short 1970s. One of its first models, the tiny Civic, which was introduced in 1973, posted fuel efficiency of 29 m.p.g. and sold for as little as $2,150 (current base price: $5,749). The company soon broadened its demographic appeal by introducing the larger, upscale Accord (currently $9,389) in 1976 and the Prelude ($11,592) in 1979. Intense demand for the cars prompted Honda's serendipitous decision to construct its pioneering Ohio plant, a complex now capable of producing 220,000 autos annually. The factory, built alongside a Honda...
...counts as a member anyone who does volunteer work for the movement and attends its meetings. Its followers, who are sometimes referred to as the "new Jesuits," strive to recapture souls for Christianity and fight Communism throughout the world. Their zeal and energy appeal greatly to Pope John Paul II, who in his travels has preached against both Marxism and materialism. Committed to a variety of social programs, C.L. runs neighborhood cultural centers and evening courses for the unemployed. Says a university student from northern Italy: "We all want to do something useful in life. That's what makes...
...liberal coalition 51%, a ten-point lead over the S.P.D. The Chancellor's main source of strength is a solid economic record that, despite high unemployment, boasts zero inflation, a 3.5% growth rate and a $25 billion trade surplus during the first six months of the year. In personal appeal, Rau, who married only four years ago, has two young children and whose wife is expecting a third, might have an advantage over the rather stodgy, solemn-faced Kohl. But the cumulative effect of his party's platform, particularly the prospect of much higher energy costs if nuclear power...
...still too young and stylistically inchoate for any assessment of its ultimate worth. But its appeal is wide. "I wouldn't be surprised if some farmer in Iowa listens to George Winston while plowing his fields," says Keith Eckerling, a record-store-chain vice president in Chicago. And its possibilities are promising. In multiracial, heavily Asian California, an authentic fusion of Oriental and Occidental music has been under way since Composer Lou Harrison experimented with the Balinese gamelan orchestra before World War II. And the healthy interaction between the rock and "classical" avant-gardes, which bore fruit a decade...
...press conference last week, Curran insisted that the church, not he, "ultimately should change its teachings" and vowed to fight to retain his position at the university. Archbishop James Hickey of Washington, the chancellor of the university, has set a Sept. 1 deadline for Curran to decide whether to appeal through the school's own grievance procedures...