Word: appealling
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...limiting. It's exhausting. And, most of all, it separates her from the bulk of American womanhood, who do not have the wherewithal or energy to put it together perfectly every day. It's contraindicated with the just-folks charm that is the core of the Obamas appeal. (Read about why Michelle's hair matters...
...Many of those who aren't convinced of Al-Megrahi's guilt say their greatest regret is that he abandoned the appeal to overturn his conviction last week, presumably to clear the way for his release. Juval Aviv, a private investigator who was hired by Pan Am's insurance company to investigate the bombing, tells TIME that "as time has passed, flaws in the trial and in the evidence used to convict Mr. Al-Megrahi have been revealed. A new trial could have shone a light on a lot of things that were buried in the rush to convict...
...Files for an appeal in 2001, claiming new evidence about a break-in at London's Heathrow Airport the night before the crash suggests the bomb could have been placed by anyone. His appeal is unanimously rejected...
...Scottish court rules that al-Megrahi is entitled to a second appeal, saying he "may have suffered a miscarriage of justice." Among the court's troubling findings: prosecutors failed to tell the defense that Gauci, the Maltese shopkeeper, had seen a picture of Megrahi in a magazine before picking him out of the line...
...Diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2008. In April 2009, he files another appeal, which he then drops after finding out he has less than three months to live...