Word: appealling
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...just as people hate Robert Crumb for his outlandish depictions of women and blacks. But just as Crumb's art comes from daring to confront his own prejudices, it takes guts to put your cartoon's next Crumb's, and Kominsky Crumb's artwork has a brutish appeal in her flat, crude style. It suits her content in its bluntness and in its literal "colorfulness...
...back that the Bush tax cuts—which gave the richest one percent of Americans an average rebate of $75,800, and middle-income families a mere $1,100—are grossly “unfair.” Each claim is no doubt true, but they appeal to two distinct, and incommensurable, conceptions of justice. It’s a sordid number game: percentages versus absolute figures...
...renounce Geffen's remarks, said, "I'm going to leave that up to the other campaign." Biden, who started off his run a few weeks ago by blasting Obama, Clinton and Edwards' ideas on Iraq in an interview, said, "Sign me up, no negatives," shortly after Richardson's appeal. Of course, campaigns are about illustrating differences, and Richardson's Mr. Positive approach can be tough to sustain. Just seconds after his plea for civility, Richardson noted, "Governors actually do things." Undoubtedly, the many U.S. Senators who are opposing him had a hard time hearing that as a compliment...
...empowerment—funny, I thought that was law school. Where are the seminars focused on women in corporate America, or women in the military? By diversifying its syllabus, FemSex might lose its shock value, but it would be able to address a broader range of concerns and appeal to more students...
...court ruling, a significant victory for the Bush Administration, came in a 2 to 1 decision of the three-judge appeals panel, and affects hundreds of cases waiting to be heard. It also sets the stage for an appeal to the Supreme Court by Gitmo prisoners, as well as likely attempts in Congress to pass new legislation expressly approving habeas corpus rights for those detained at the Cuban base...