Word: appealling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...talks under way. Charging that Likud had "put heavy handcuffs on the peace process," Finance Minister Shimon Peres fumed, "Shamir can agree to Sharon's dictates, but the Labor Party will not." Party politicians pressed their leaders to bolt the coalition and force new elections. But Labor's popular appeal is dwindling, so the party leadership is expected to give the wounded peace plan one more chance...
Catholicism, he believes, should allow experimental worship with broader appeal to the black community, including African-American Masses complete with recitations from black literature. Such an African-American liturgy with an all-black priesthood, Stallings believes, might be patterned after the Eastern rites within the Catholic Church. He seeks to combine "Baptist practices with the beauty and tradition of the Catholic faith." As a young Catholic in North Carolina, Stallings often attended an enthusiastic black Baptist church with his grandmother. Says he: "The church is failing to bind together the church with the needs and aspirations of African Americans...
...Nadel declared that Giamatti was so biased against Rose that the Reds' manager could not get a fair hearing. Nadel this week will conduct another hearing on a motion for an injunction to bar the Giamatti proceeding indefinitely. Even if Nadel issues the injunction, baseball lawyers are certain to appeal. Legal experts give them an excellent chance of winning; Nadel's initial ruling broke a long tradition of courts' staying out of professional disciplinary affairs...
...blame for the revolution's failure on gays themselves. The pair argue that the movement for too long was wrongly focused on sexual freedom and self-expression, issues that they feel have antagonized the public. Instead, they say, the emphasis should be on civil rights and fairness, concerns that appeal to all Americans. AIDS, which has devastated the gay community, has helped shift the gay-rights agenda away from liberated sex to more mainstream values...
...wouldn't know it from the way he acts, but Agassiz Professor of Zoology Stephen Jay Gould has yet to win the Nobel prize. Harvard professors write a lot of books, but most of them appeal to a fairly limited readership. Gould, however, already has several bestselling books on biology, geology, and evolution under his belt, including The Panda's Thumb and the award-winning The Mismeasure...