Word: appealling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...m.p.h. in a 35-m.p.h. zone. "A motorcycle policeman pulled her over," says Goodgame, "and I anticipated an Oscar-winning performance." But instead of blandishing smiles, Ringwald soberly admitted speeding and took her citation. "As she wheeled back into the traffic," Goodgame says, "I asked why she made no appeal. 'Because I was speeding, and I deserved to get the ticket,' she answered. She doesn't seem capable of doing anything false...
Jack Conners, founder of Boston's Hill Holiday advertising agency, explains the reason for Mass appeal. Hill Holiday has grown from $20 million in billings ten years ago to $245 million today, partly by telling consumers why computers will change their lives. "The politicians will take credit for it; the businessmen will take credit for it, but"--and here he points out the window of his 39th-floor office across the Charles River toward Harvard and M.I.T. --"the real key to it all is the universities...
...There is no right to appeal any penalty of the CRR, except that cases of expulsion and dismission are automatically voted on by the full faculty...
...Impatient with the church's unwillingness to comply, the judge charged that the Catholic groups had "willfully misled" the plaintiffs and had "made a travesty of the court process." Nonetheless, at week's end he agreed to delay the huge fines, giving church lawyers until May 16 to appeal the contempt citation...
...adventure shows and movies, little different from current network fare. But Fox executives claim their shows will be less subject to mass-audience pressures. "If we've got a good male action series," says FBC President Jamie Kellner, "we won't add children, dogs and females to make it appeal to other demographics." Though some are skeptical that Murdoch can enlist enough strong independent stations to become a full-scale competitor, industry observers are impressed so far. The signing of Rivers "reveals a couple of things," says Edward * Atorino, a media analyst for Smith Barney. "One, Mr. Murdoch is very...