They're a higher class of drug addict, sat atop a pharmaceutical block party of legally prescribed fun, where every man is depressed in that appealing, world-weary way and every woman is on just the right side of damaged.
The government said Monday it was appealing to world metal producers to cut production and bolster prices.
Soon after the first explosions, Mandela was smuggled out of the country to make his first journey abroad, appealing for world support.
Jump on a bus bound for New Jersey, which takes us down that turnpike, onto the familiar exit and into a now weirdly appealing fantasy world.
He led a march through London in 1985 to call for the end of apartheid in South Africa, and returned to the British capital in 2003 to lead another march appealing to world leaders not to go to war in Iraq.
China has long restricted the sale of foreign movies, books, music and other media and continues to do so while appealing a World Trade Organization ruling in August that these policies violate China's legally binding commitments to the international free trade system.
There were all the classic ingredients: the small town; the cast of characters, including the tormented parents appealing to the world for help and the man who would eventually be charged with their murder; the search through the first grim night and on into the subsequent weeks; the misdirections, rumours, false hopes, scatter of clues, tattered hopes.
The reality is that simplicity is highly appealing in a world that is getting more and more complex -- where consumers have too many choices, where technology is constantly evolving, and where the political and economic environment is unpredictable.
Its liberal, democratic ideology remains appealing in a world that is more democratic than ever.
