Word: appealling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shuttle may serve some auxiliary role in the space program, but the thrust of the program should be to further scientific knowledge of space. Even sending astronauts beyond earth orbit would be a welcome break from the cargo-hauler routine of the shuttle, for it would at least appeal to the imaginatior of the average person. Clearly, however the greatest scientific returns come from increased use of spacecraft. Although the shuttle is back in service, the United States still lacks a successful space program...
Hardly anyone denies the Stealth's appeal. Outwardly the B-2, as it has been designated, looks like something out of a science-fiction movie. Its sleek design and black exterior give it the look of a cool, efficient fighting machine. Developers claim the Stealth can fly at speeds upwards of 600 m.p.h. while remaining undetected by even the most advanced radar systems. Experts say that the Soviets won't be able to distinguish between the Stealth and two birds flying together...
...Liberals knew the battle was over when results began streaming in from Ontario, Canada's industrial, financial and communications heartland. Canadian nationalism has always been strong in southern Ontario, particularly among the intelligentsia and the union movement. Despite the appeal and support of David Peterson, the personable Ontario Premier, the Liberals won only 43 of 99 seats. In the traditionally Conservative West, the results were virtually a foregone conclusion: a healthy margin for Mulroney, but also a strong showing ) for the socialist New Democrats...
...claim all the national icons, foremost among them the flag. In Britain, Labor has never recovered from its embrace of unilateral disarmament. In Israel, where politics does not suffer from subtlety, Likud and its allies simply call themselves "the national camp." Of course, parties of the right always appeal to nationalism. But formerly the nationalist idea was successfully challenged by an equally compelling idea: socialism or social democracy...
...trick. So this year they went one step further. They started bashing foreigners -- not Communists, to be sure, but second best -- ruthlessly efficient Asians. Starting with Richard Gephardt's "$48,000 Hyundai" ads and finishing with a Dukakis TV spot that featured a rising Japanese flag, the Democrats' appeal to economic nationalism has not been subtle. Attacking allies is not nearly as satisfying as attacking enemies (say, the Evil Empire), but it is a start...