Word: appealling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...permitted to investigate cases of discrimination against homosexuals. And two cases involving the dismissal of homosexual school teachers, one in Oklahoma and one in Ohio, have not been heard by the Supreme Court; the latter dismissal was upheld by the Court since it refused to consider an appeal, and the former is yet to be tried. Considering the Ohio case, however, it is unlikely to turn out any better for the fired teacher...
...music specials (An Evening with Andrew Lloyd Webber) and sitcoms (The Fainthearted Feminist with Lynn Redgrave). The schedule is also filled with concerts, operas, ballets and other fine-arts fare. But the network's executives admit that they are trying to attract new viewers with shows of broader appeal. "We have a very straightforward mission," says A&E President Nickolas Davatzes, "to provide what we think is quality and thought-provoking entertainment...
...idea of a nonnuclear defense, practicable or not, has an appeal that will make it difficult for the Kremlin to drive a wedge between the U.S. and its allies. Though Andreotti told Gromyko that Italy shares Soviet concern about the presence of military weapons in space, he firmly defended the U.S. right to proceed with research on Star Wars technology. Britain and West Germany, while still harboring strong doubts about eventual deployment, have independently grown more interested in the research program's industrial potential; one key West German defense official predicts that it will lead to "a third technological revolution...
Chemical warfare research in the Levins laboratory will cease until ADL's appeal has been settled, according to company officials
...still maintains that the local ban is "arbitrary and capricious" and filed an appeal on March 5 in what is expected to be a long and bitter fight with the city...