Word: endeared
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...daily litany of lowbrow sexual innuendo, anatomical comparisons and coarse ethnic stereotyping may endear him to a surging army of sophomoric radio listeners, but not to the Federal Communications Commission. For the second time in two months, broadcasts by schlock jock Howard Stern have drawn FCC fines. This time, however, the commission upped the stakes by fining Stern's bosses at Infinity Broadcasting a record $600,000 for the "indecent" material, though it stopped short of barring Infinity's planned purchase of three new stations. The FCC also warned that any such future violations could lead to a loss...
Despite the changes, Guthrie retains his power to entertain, to endear, to ramble and finally--to remind his listeners once again of music's potential to change the world...
Lima has not found a decent way of fighting Sendero. The army has taken to shooting up whole villages that are suspected of harboring Senderistas, which doesn't endear the government to anyone. "Civilian response has been to ignore it," one U.S. official told The New York Times. "The military response has been to blow everyone away...
Howie Axelrod comes into his own as Audrey's far out and goofy California boyfriend--he utters his hippie platitudes with just the right combination of humor and perplexity to endear him to us without distracting us from more important characters...
Unfortunately, the second part of Earth in the Balance emphasizes philosophical analysis too naively to be interesting. Al Gore hypothesizes that we frequently talk about changing the world, but seldom follow through. The irrelevance of the book's second section will fail to endear environmental consciousness to the masses...