Word: appealling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...address issues that have disrupted campuses nationwide such as Central America, apartheid and the homeless. And Avram S. Brown '88-89, co-coordinator for Hart at Harvard, says many students want a candidate who is "not willing to rely on traditional liberal solutions," which is how Hart couches his appeal...
...time when many parents despair of their children's learning much of anything in public schools, or even being safe there, the strict moral and religious values, discipline and order that typify Catholic schools seem to have wide appeal. So do the enhanced prospects for students. Nationwide, 83% of the graduates of Catholic high schools go on to two- or four-year colleges, compared with 52% for public school grads. "There's no question that at almost every level, students in parochial schools perform better than those in public schools," says Emily Feistritzer of the National Center for Educational Information...
...reason for populism's appeal in 1988 is that the economic recovery of the Reagan years has been uneven. The October crash followed a long period of Washington scandals and Wall Street abuses that heightened animosities toward big shots of all varieties. In a comprehensive survey, the Times-Mirror Co. found 77% agreeing with the statement "There is too much power concentrated in . . . a few big companies...
Salvadoran law provides for appeal of the Martial Court's decision...
...four were among nine ordered expelled two weeks ago. At first they appealed the deportation orders, but they dropped their cases after their lawyers were not permitted to see evidence against them. The quartet was whisked out of the country within 24 hours, with no notification to their families, and was last reported to be in Syrian hands in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. The other five, including three fundamentalist leaders, are continuing to appeal...