Word: appealling
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...Republican side, John McCain seems to be running away with the race, with Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul in a battle for second place. The libertarian-minded Paul has a certain appeal to the leave-me-alone traditions of the Vermont outback - Naylor recalls meeting him at a 1995 secession conference in South Carolina - but it's not really a leave-me-alone state. Taxes are high. Government services are extensive. It's the only state without a balanced budget requirement, but its bonds are top-rated. Local affairs are still handled at the annual town meetings renowned throughout...
...star or all actor. Every star is playing a role, and every actor reveals bits of himself or herself. But so many child stars, including some of the brilliant ones - Mickey Rooney, Margaret O'Brien, Billy Gray, Patty Duke, Tatum O'Neal - either found it difficult to sustain their appeal as adult actors or relied too long on the tricks they'd picked up as kids...
...decades since the Exxon Valdez oil spill, in which a tanker dumped millions of gallons of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound. Now after a lengthy legal battle over one of the most environmentally disastrous events in U.S. history, the Supreme Court is hearing Exxon's appeal. A look back at the case...
...called Nader because I alone knew how to save his candidacy. I like his bits about taking on the multinational corporations that have usurped the political process. That's going to appeal to everyone except those who realize they work at, shop at and invest in multinational corporations. Nader's huge problem is that you can't demand financial honesty from politicians when you can't be honest yourself. Nader just can't admit that he's at least a little responsible for Gore's loss. And that he may have gotten it at least a little wrong when...
...range. The acoustic set gave Merritt an opportunity to reformulate his work for a new environment, but he generally stayed true to the original songs. The arrangements were simple without being boring; Merritt’s lyrics were favored over musical experimentation. This has always been part of the appeal of the Magnetic Fields, and this performance showed that Merritt still has the lyrics to pull...