Word: appealling
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...variety shows in the 1970s, while the Western rode into the sunset long ago. But cooking programs, which began on the radio and transitioned to television in the 1940's, have stood the test of time: as author Kathleen Collins explains, the genre's managed to stay current and appeal to audiences from generation to generation by holding up a mirror to our own domesticated lives. Collins explores the history of TV cooking from its beginnings as a way to promote rationing-friendly recipes during World War II to its current renaissance with reality-show hybrids like Top Chef...
...transparent as this device is, Angels has elemental satisfactions in its blend of movie genre that could appeal to wide segments of the audience. For Hollywood's core demographic, this is a serial-killer thriller, not far from the Saw series in its devoutly clinical depiction of distressed bodies. (See the eyeball on the floor! Gasp as plump rats snack on a dead Cardinal's face!) For adults who are or were Catholic, the movie is a backstage story of Vatican politicking, à la Monsignor and The Godfather Part III; it paints the College of Cardinals as possibly the only...
...Intel responded by announcing it would appeal in the E.U.'s courts. "We believe the decision is wrong and ignores the reality of a highly competitive microprocessor market," Intel chief executive Paul Otellini said. "There has been absolutely zero harm to consumers. Intel will appeal...
...lesson for Intel should be to avoid tangling with the Commission, says Michael Tscherny, a partner at the GPlus Europe consultancy in Brussels and a former Commission competition spokesman. "Like Microsoft, Intel went for a confrontational approach, and it lost," he says. "I understand Intel's court appeal, but I expect it to fail. Intel is not a philanthropic company - it only was offering discounts to win business. But even big companies like Intel have to play by the rules...
...debuted in 2006 as part of the University’s efforts to enhance social space at Harvard. But the eatery has been historically underutilized despite College administrators’ hopes that the SOCH would serve as a hub for student groups and enhance the Quad’s appeal. Crista Martin, a spokeswoman for HUDS, wrote in an e-mailed statement that both cafés have had limited patron support, and that determinations about the staff in these locations are pending completion of budget planning. HUDS currently operates both eateries. Veronica M. Maldonado...