Word: beg
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...appeal to you, in language of passionate pleading. On my knees I beg you to turn away from the paths of violence and to return to the ways of peace. You may claim to seek justice. I too believe in justice and seek justice. But violence only delays the day of justice. Violence destroys the work of justice...
...Fiedler, here. It's time for that goddam party again." But others do not appear to deserve their build-up, in spite of Dickson's chatty "he told me" style. Neither the maestro nor the family and colleagues Dickson interviewed were strong on bon mots. Certain points simply beg for detail. Dickson lauds Fiedler's genuis for selecting balanced programs, yet endlessly reiterates a generality--in this case, he writes a full page and a half without naming a single piece...
Many students have complained about the ineffectiveness of the Student Assembly and have demanded that it do more. But little can be accomplished without money, and the Assembly has never had a reliable source of funds. It has had to spend valuable time and effort on fundraising or beg the administration or the House committees for money--neither of which is an appropriate function of an effective student government...
...every year you are taken over by a bunch of well-meaning ambitious types who think they are going to set you on fire and make your pages glow and glitter and sparkle and grab readers by the eyeballs and pull them into your embrace until they moan and beg for more. Every year you will be remade in their image, and you give some and take some, but keep your basic shape until another like-minded team starts rubbing its palms in anticipation...
...most damage, how they can defend against (read "kill") intruders, and how they can obtain that hit record, "War Songs of the Third Reich" (simply by mailing a lot of money to somewhere in the Midwest). The magazine's classified ads prove that this is more than show--people beg for assignments ("Central America preferred, but will go anywhere"). Dogs of War will appeal immensely to this crew. They will see exciting new weapons--the XM-18, a cross between a cannon and an eggbeater--and all the other high priced assault technology that they can now only gaze...