Word: appealed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...proposed relocation and other "situations." At that time Kravitz was awaiting trial for misappropriating Government property and making a false statement in connection with the case. Chotiner eventually discussed the charges with an attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice, and they reached a prosecution-defense agreement: Kravitz' appeal from a guilty verdict on the theft charge was dropped, and the U.S. dropped the false statement charge. Kravitz' sentence: a fine of $5,000. Choti-ner's total...
...days, though not a Frenchman had been touched, 42 Moroccans were dead. The worried Sultan sent three high officials to Marrakech to appeal for order. "Nobody," he said, "has the right to administer justice for himself...
Thus, the insistence on academic quality can be seen as a method as well as a principle. A school of excellent academic reputation would be much more likely to draw support than just another college. By emphasizing quality, Sachar could appeal to an obligation of pride...
...principle of strict nonsectarianism could be used with greater effectiveness in seeking support from Jews. By making Brandeis a showcase of democracy, Sachar could appeal to the tendency of Jews to want to illustrate that when they are in the majority, they will practice the same principles of religious freedom by which they benefit in society--an obligation of justification...
...resorting to] one or more of a dozen devices to make the paper look worse, which in turn make it harder to read and make the reader mad enough to turn his attention to television or a typographically attractive magazine . . . Nine out of ten papers are crowded, lack eye-appeal, crowd too much in too little . . . What is the business doing about color, or is it going to abandon that great area of popular appeal entirely to the magazines and television...