Word: appealed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 31--Richard Kluckhohn, convicted for slaying a woman here last May 13, will appeal his 10-year manslaughter sentence before the state supreme court tomorrow...
Soccer and cross country enthusiastis have long asked why these activities are not major sports. The answer has always boiled down to one reply, that neither sports commands enough spectator appeal. But by last Friday even a concerted campaign of publicity stunts, including a walkie-talkie broadcast of the Big Three cross country meet, had done all it could. It is time now for the Faculty Committee on Athletics to recognize that soccer and cross country deserve major status--publicity or no publicity...
When Faure rose for a final appeal, he scarcely mentioned the Algerian program. Instead, he pleaded with his colleagues not to let "their vision [be] clouded by that special poison of our political life which makes every ministry seem odd if it lasts longer than six months." He concluded: "If your verdict is unfavorable to me, I shall accept it without bitterness; the responsibilities of power are heavy, very heavy . . . If I have not yielded to weariness, if I fight to the end, it is because I think it is my duty to do so; it is because I believe...
...Harvard contributions came in response to an appeal attached to application forms for football tickets sent to University alumni. Getchell reported the sum raised to date exceeds the amount solicited in 1952. The Department of Athletics has conducted this appeal since...
Athletic Department officials yesterday expressed surprise at this statement. They predicted that an athletic appeal for endowment, if included with the football ticket applications sent out to alumni each fall, would immediately bring in substantial donations...