Word: appealling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...spokesman for the Coca-Cola Company said, however, that Koch's motive is only to clarify the pronunciation of his name. The company is filing an appeal to the court that granted the name change, said Tony M. Tortorici, director of public affairs for Coca-Cola, U.S.A...
...disclosures, the introspections and secret desires give diaries their special appeal. This assemblage compounds the interest; reading it is like screening other people's dreams--at once intriguing and familiar. For Sylvia Plath's need to write in her notebook when she is "at wits' end, in a cul-de- sac. Never when I am happy" is not unique to depressed poets. Lord Byron notes, "Clock strikes--going out to make love. Somewhat perilous, but not disagreeable." Boswell reports, "I awaked at noon, with a severe head-ach. I was much vexed that I should have been guilty of such...
...this story, the god is black. "Eddie is beyond brilliant," says Brest. "Audiences can vicariously enjoy a ride on his quicksilver mind, whirling a million miles an hour." Robert Wachs, Murphy's comanager since 1979, gauges the actor's appeal this way: "People want to gift wrap him and take him home." Joe Piscopo, Murphy's partner for 3 1/2 years on Saturday Night Live, says that "Eddie is actually playing himself on-screen. He manages to be totally natural and relaxed. I'd also like him to try something more serious, though, something with Scorcese or Coppola. I know...
...party's annual convention held outside Paris last week by sharply criticizing the administration of Socialist President Francois Mitterrand for having allowed "a serious breach to develop between the government and the country." A centrist and longtime Mitterrand rival, Rocard called on the party to "broaden its appeal to the whole of the country." Party Secretary Lionel Jospin was quick to reply next morning. He was shocked, he said, that "a member of the government would speak to the discredit of his own Cabinet." Said Jospin: "I agree that we must listen to the voice of the French people...
...MASS APPEAL...