Word: appealling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...time for sadness has come now that the dying is done. Barnes continues to hammer at the same arguments, the same feminist, anti-clerical strains that he has touted all along. Whatever power they had earlier in the play, these ideas are already beginning to lose their comic appeal, and when made serious, they fall flat. The actors--who look ridiculous to start with in their spectacularly clean frocks, rags and robes--really cannot effect the change with much success...
After HUCTW won a support staff referendum lastspring, the University contested the validity ofthe vote, accusing organizers of illegalelectioneering. The union victory has been tied upin legal dispute since then; although Judge JoelA. Harmatz upheld the union victory Monday,Harvard may appeal that decision, delayingcontract negotiations indefinitely...
Marchers said their vigil was held to signify strong support for the union as Harvard's deadline to appeal this week's ruling by a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) judge draws near...
Recently, Judge Timothy Poulton of the Palm Beach Circuit Court ruled that under Florida statutes protecting lawyer-client confidentiality, Krischer did not have to divulge the name. The family plans to appeal...
...fringe appeal is hardly surprising. Israel's so-called government of national unity is widely ridiculed as a mismatch that has locked Israel into a debilitating status quo. Both Labor's Shimon Peres and Likud's Yitzhak Shamir have defined the election in terms of peace and the Palestinians, but neither candidate offers any plausible solutions. Says Abed Darawshe, who defected from Labor to protest the government's handling of the uprising: "The intifadeh ((uprising)) has divided Israel more than ever. The two big parties simply have not convinced the public that they have the answer...