Word: appealling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...President's heroes exude stereotypical appeal, but they are heroic precisely because they have surmounted obstacles which the Administration has willingly left in their paths. How many future science prodigies will the President stifle by eliminating the Health Professions Training Program and by reducing research grants and university funding...
...barons fretted about falling prices last week, they suffered new pain from an old wound. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of a lower- court decision requiring Exxon, the largest U.S. oil company, to make a $2.1 billion refund for overcharges to customers. Since it would be impossible to track down all the wronged customers, the money will be given to state governments for such projects as insulating public buildings and helping the poor with utility bills...
...says that it is spending $500 million to modernize its main plant and that the counterespionage strategy was necessary to guard its technological secrets. The retooling is part of an effort to develop cereals for new market niches. In the past three months, Kellogg has introduced two products to appeal to health-conscious adults: Just Right and Raisin Squares...
...sort of defense. They are handing out an entertainment award, not the Nobel Peace Prize. But Stallone's last two films were cynically obvious attempts to milk every last dollar out of old wounds and reflexive aggression. The politics of Rocky IV and Rambo were essential to their demagogic appeal...
...appeal will be made later this month to the Supreme Court...