Word: appealling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...concept as a tool that women can use "to break out of the ghetto of low wages." Gerald McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, a plaintiff in the Washington suit, called comparable worth "pay equity for workingwomen." McEntee said the union intends to appeal last week's decision to the Supreme Court...
...because he failed to attend two therapy sessions after completing a basic drug-treatment program. The league's policy permits club owners to order on-the-spot drug tests if they have "reasonable cause" to do so. If a player refuses to submit, he can be suspended and then appeal the suspension to a grievance board. The National Basketball Association permits a player to seek voluntary treatment without any penalty, but anyone who does not do so and is found by the owners to be a drug user can be prohibited from playing...
...American TV has produced, but in 1981 it was a glorious anomaly on NBC's schedule. "It was also the very first show whose demographics were young, urban and upscale," Tartikoff says. "Consequently, nobody saw it, because the other 21 hours of NBC's prime time had mostly rural appeal and skewed older. Its lead-in shows were utterly incompatible; first Walking Tall, then B.J. and the Bear. If you can find one person in America who actually watched all three shows, we should give him a Hill Street jacket or something...
...viewing of all network programming declined by 4% in 1984-85, NBC increased its share of the 18-to-49 group by 10%. NBC also benefited from the shrinking of the network audience --15% since 1980. The threshold for ratings success was shrinking, thus giving shows with more specialized appeal a fighting chance for survival...
...escape, the culprit is revealed to be a police lieutenant gone bad. "I can smell 'em but I can't understand 'em," says a federal agent involved in the case, as Frey's lyrics chime in: "It's the lure of easy money/ It's got a very strong appeal/ It's a losin' proposition . . ." In a subtle and moving final shot, the agent drifts out of the frame to reveal Tubbs and Crockett comforting Trudy, the forgotten victim of this dirty but necessary operation...