Word: appealling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...both plays, Stoppard's Dogg-speaking characters confront English speakers. These entertaining encounters owe much of their appeal, however, to the cast's versatility under the clever direction of Fred Pletcher...
...CLEAR, however, that the Religious Right has fulfilled its responsibilities. The issue highest on its political agenda is abortion. Surely any measure that would reduce the number of abortions in this country should appeal to those in favor of the "right to life" of the unborn...
...self-effacement represents the supreme death wish, the desire to become "the walking paradox who draws attention to his desire not to draw attention." In its headless, anonymous authority, On Signs is a body eclectic, composed of thin tissue samples of each author's textual corpus. The selling appeal of its entire package lies in its utility. Whether looking at the applications of semiotics in the bra-manufacturing industry or delivering newly-translated (and still largely incomprehensible) canonical texts and theories of reading, the collection provides a dense assortment of textual pleasures that at least temporarily defers the problem...
...appeal to the urban worker, the Democrats have started talking about protectionism. To appeal to the Southern white, they have stopped talking about affirmative action. To appeal to the mythical yuppie, they have stopped being "soft on defense." The solution seems to be: To regain majority status, move right. Out-right the right with morality/family rhetoric. But is it possible to out Republican the Republicans? Won't the Democrats simply shift the political spectrum rightward and come out looking just as far left, wimpy, and soft--a pale shadow of the cowboy--booted New Right...
...Democrats frame issues as though America were a conglomeration of single-issue groups, and if they could appeal to each one with a different issue, they would have enough groups to form a majority. A large part of the Republican success can be attributed to the unified vision they presented to the American public, incorporating all issues. Americans demonstrated an amazing tolerance for those elements of the vision which did not fit in with their...