Word: appealling
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...case in this weekend’s musical adaptation of “Rapunzel” in the Adams House Pool Theater, directed and composed by Rachel M. Williams ’07 and produced by Shane Donovan ’09. Instead, the play’s appeal was in its conventionality: Rather than attempting to rethink a classic story, its cast and crew opted simply to present it as cleanly and beautifully as possible, and succeeded admirably...
...Bayrou has a potent vote utile argument of his own: Polls regularly show that he would have a better chance than Royal would have of beating Sarkozy in the head-to-head second round on May 6. His appeal has prompted several former Socialist ministers to break rank and urge their party to promise to govern in coalition with the centrists, prompting outrage from party leaders. But if Royal does make it into the second round, their tune could quickly change...
...curmudgeonly 79-year-old Le Pen, however, still appears to attract the bulk of the anti-immigration vote, running fourth with 14% of the vote (five points behind Bayrou). He can't win, of course, but his persistent appeal shows that for part of the French electorate, the most utile vote remains one that declares a pox on the French political class as a whole...
...each of the counts Purdy has been charged with carry a penalty of two years in prison, he will serve both terms simultaneously. According to Silverman, the 46 days Purdy has already spent in prison awaiting trial will be credited towards his sentence. Purdy and Silverman motioned for an appeal on March 29, arguing, in a written statement to the court, that there had been a “long delay in sentencing,” and Purdy had thereby been denied his right to a speedy trial. “There will probably be an appeal of the verdict...
...Presidential campaign gets off to a fast, early start, the notion of tweaking the mental health laws rather than pushing gun control legislation in vain has its obvious appeal, particularly among centrist Democrats who are hesitant to alienate the gun lobby in key battleground states. In the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre none other than former President Bill Clinton, who in the past has blamed some national Democratic party losses on the gun control debate, has added his voice to a chorus of others this week calling for a different approach. When Larry King asked Clinton Thursday about...