crowdpleasers

Up until that point, the only poetry books that sold in great numbers were nation's-favourite type volumes replete with crowdpleasers Kipling's "If", Auden's "Funeral Blues" and classroom favourites.

Being Human, edited by Neil Astley – review 2011

As they beat their chest with fake indignation, they add to the decline in respect and authority of all elected politicians who seek to escape the trap of being single-issue crowdpleasers and instead try to discuss complex and nuanced matters.

Horst Köhler's resignation is bad for Germany, for Europe and for politics 2010

That might be management structure; it might be as simple as altering release schedules, staggering obvious crowdpleasers - Madden, FIFA - against more edgy/niche fair like Mirror's Edge, or new franchises like Boom Blox.

Stop Making Sense SVGL 2008

The DPJ's economic platform is a grab-bag that combines thoughtful spending measures and tax cuts that could help recovery, along with some less well-thought-out crowdpleasers.

The DPJ Dilemma Richard Katz 2009

There are crowdpleasers and there are crowdpleasers, after all.

GreenCine Daily: Robert Altman, 1925 - 2006. 2006

This is Soderbergh's 22nd feature in 22 years; his first was sex, lies, and videotape, followed by crowdpleasers like Erin Brockovich and the Ocean's Eleven (Twelve, Thirteen ) capers and several defiantly indie efforts (Solaris, Bubble, Che, The Girlfriend Experience ).

TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

Since the Bridget films, Firth has alternated the crowdpleasers - St Trinians, Mamma Mia!,

Film | guardian.co.uk Andrew Pulver 2010

Since the Bridget films, Firth has alternated the crowdpleasers - St Trinians, Mamma Mia!,

Blogposts | guardian.co.uk Andrew Pulver 2010

Overall, there were fewer long-running crowdpleasers on the boards.

Variety.com 2010

The Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, N.J., will stick with Broadway-tested crowdpleasers with an all-musical 72nd season.

Variety.com 2010