Word: appealling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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OCCASIONALLY a cause comes along which holds enough emotional appeal to spur a wave of political involvement; the most recent example is the divestment issue. People start to care about politics, and they subsequently lose their apathy. But as they abandon the negative side of apathy, they sometimes also lose the positive side--tolerance for opposing viewpoints. Lately the strategies used by the proponents of divestiture have become increasingly centered on too-bad-if-you-disagree tactics such as the building of shanties in the Yard. Focus has thus shifted from trying to inform the public of the facts...
...tactical triumph for the Government, Judge Earl Carroll barred all testimony on the religious and humanitarian motives behind the defendants' actions. Sanctuary lawyers nonetheless managed to slip several such references into testimony, and they plan to cite Carroll's ruling when they appeal the verdict. Prosecutor Reno, grandson of a Methodist preacher, faced some obstacles. He had the unenviable task of portraying as criminals a group of pious Good Samaritans (who held a prayer meeting after the jury announced its verdicts). One of the 15 Central Americans summoned to the stand by Reno, for instance, described a defendant...
Kemp is far scrappier and more visceral in his appeal. His punchy, populist style is particularly effective with Main Street and back-street types, both the blue-collar conservatives and the "new-collar" workers in service and clerical jobs. They have little allegiance to Big Business and the country- club set, like Kemp's enthusiasm for what he calls the "opportunity society," and identify with his antiestablishment attitudes and New Right values, such as opposing abortion. One of the original apostles of supply-side tax cuts, Kemp stresses economic growth over budget balancing and touts his vision of a flat...
...Englishwoman in Two More Under the Indian Sun observes, "Indian men have such marvelous eyes . . . When they look at you, you can't help feeling all young and nice." Foreigners succumb to this seductive appeal at their own peril. In Passion, two British roommates take up with men they find "typically Indian." They are, naturally, stark opposites. Christine goes out with a handsome Sikh officer; Betsy has an affair with a scrawny clerk who is married, sensitive to a fault and abusive to her when the mood hits him. "I suppose all passion is unhealthy," she tells Christine...
...perfect example of what the Foundation is intended to do because R.C. Gorman represents the combination of a particular tradition whose art and expression has a universal appeal," said Dean of Students Archie C. Epps...