Word: appeals
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...surface, this argument has a lot of appeal. People generally like Harvard Square, and do not want to see it razed to build a strip mall. However, within guidelines, franchise operations have the right to exist in the Square. Letting chain stores operate does not have to mean letting in huge McDonald's arches; such signs can be prohibited by the city, as can other ornamentation the community deems offensive...
...going to appeal to Harvard students, we've got to appeal to their reason," he says. "I think people respected us for doing that...
This wedding, on a dark day of a troubled, distracted and most uncertain time, carried over six continents and seven seas a brightness so simple it was hard to understand. Its appeal was too nearly universal to be explained by such words as "glamor," "publicity," "sentimentality," or even by harsher and more present words, such as "power" or "wealth." Of the millions who spoke and wrote of it, perhaps a London linotyper came closest to saying what it meant...
What about Hooch's chance of becoming the national drink? "It will be successful," said Igor. "Things are changing, and many young people don't like vodka. They prefer a sweet drink." Whereas in the United States, Hooch responded to objections that the sweet drink would obviously appeal to kids--changing its marketing strategy and no longer referring to its product as a "lemonade"--no such change is taking place here. In fact, Hooch hopes to be as big as the enormous lemon-shaped balloon it gives out as the grand raffle prize at its promotions. Next up for Hooch...
...question remains the future of Sonia Gandhi: Her reluctant entry into politics is credited with saving Congress from being totally routed at the polls, and although she has thus far refused to be prime minister, her undisputed popular appeal may prove too tempting for Congress?s jaded leaders to bypass. Besides, Rajiv?s widow may have a natural flair for India?s unstable coalition politics -- after all, she hails from Italy, which has had 55 governments since...