Word: appealable
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...instance, American Express offers bonuses such as free discount calling cards in its mailings to encourage students to sign up. Those perks might not appeal as much to the U.S. population at large...
...influence over the wider American youth culture is quite without precedent. How did it achieve this tremendous crossover appeal...
...Dartboard also wonders what kind of urgent calls these students are getting at 10 in the morning. Are McKinsey recruiters ringing the star Ec concentrators with offers of multi-million dollar contracts? Are the Gov jocks waiting for a personal appeal from Gore or Bush? Is there an illicit network of drug deals going down on campus? Get a grip: we're all students, and we should show a little more respect for our esteemed professors and our classmates...
Cellucci's bill that would allow prosecutors to appeal criminal sentences is perhaps even more startling. Such a change would destroy one of the most basic guarantees of the American judicial system: "Nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb." Once a criminal is sentenced, however leniently, prosecutors should not have the power to go back and ask that the sentence be lengthened. Allowing a prosecutor to appeal a sentence would skew the delicate balance of power away from the legitimate rights of the defendant...
...simply that he's not Milosevic; unlike many opposition candidates he's never had anything to do with Milosevic. He's a moderate, center-right nationalist, but his appeal doesn't lie in his program. It lies in his integrity. He's untainted by any past relationship with the regime, but has also been fiercely critical of NATO's policy toward Serbia. And unlike many opposition and government politicians, he's never been linked with any Mafia activities. So he has an image of being incorruptible...