Word: appealing
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...typical mental-hygiene film has all the earnest artlessness of an Ed Wood psychodrama. And those sweet, distressed faces belong to volunteer teen actors in Glenview, Ill. (home of Coronet Films, which produced some 500 instructionals just in the '50s), and Lawrence, Kans. (Centron Films). That's one appeal of these pictures today: their mid-American isolation from mainstream movie glamour, even as they aped Hollywood's techniques of storytelling and propaganda...
...election, says Phil Klinkner, director of the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center at Hamilton College, each candidate will have to concentrate on mobilizing a solid, if unorthodox, combination of voters. "You've got this interesting mixing up of voting bases in this race," says Klinkner. "She has some appeal with independent or nominally Republican suburban women," while he may be able to corner some law-and-order Democrats. If she wants to emerge victorious, says Muzzio, Clinton will have to win back the women who have become disengaged with her candidacy, by talking about issues particularly appealing to women, such...
...Four varieties of pot pies ah offahed and the Chicken Pot Pie is excellent. Its strong crust provides the real pie appeal sadly missing from HUDS's weak attempts. Fresh cahnbread is a treat, and the chawcolate chip cookies--baked fresh on premises--ah the perfect capper to a wonderful meal. In the last cookie I had, the chips were melted and gloriously gooey. Seating, at high tables in the centah of the Garage, allow for people watching and swiveling. Boston Chowda Co. is a welcome addition to the neighbahhood, especially during the wintah...
...campaign? It's a "black out to keep the black out." Of course, liberal candidates have long likened this or that policy to slavery, leveraging that special American moral vulnerability to attack altogether unrelated pieces of legislation, as Keyes does. It's a powerful rhetorical tool, and the appeal to blacks from the party of Lincoln is too often missing. But if these arguments draw votes, they aren't coming from African-Americans. "There are certain elements within the black community who find it interesting that a black person can step forward and say these things," says Ambassador Charles...
...nothing else, McCain's New Hampshire victory has cut sharply into Bush's biggest selling point - that he's a winner. Pundits point to the lopsided loss in the Granite State as proof that perma-smirked Dubya doesn't have the broad appeal the party bosses once thought he did. Other self-professed realists maintain that Bush will still coast - the Texas governor has four times as much cash on hand as McCain, not to mention the support of the party establishment in virtually every state. What's more, most states don't allow registered independents, a key factor...