Word: beg
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Unless negotiations collapse, say White House insiders, Bush will almost surely decide to go to Rio. It will be difficult for him to beg off, since the leaders of the other six major industrial powers are expected to attend, Congress is pressing him to make the trip, and the Democrats are poised to blast his record on the environment. But if the President's motives are just political, the journey south will be an empty exercise. The summit cannot succeed unless the U.S. gets into the spirit of Rio and does its part to create strong new covenants to protect...
...there are those who beg to differ...
...homeless: Buchanan has argued for restricting the homeless to certain public areas and prosecuting those who repeatedly beg for money...
...head very, very fast. I thought I was dying. I was feeling for the blood, and I couldn't find the blood. Then I saw the bullet hole in the wall above me and realized that he'd missed. I couldn't decide what to do, whether to beg or fight...
...Crimson gives yards of column inches to self-important, self-serving publicity hounds (e.g., Jamie Harmon two years ago and Brigid Kerrigan last year) but ignores the people who work hard and don't beg for attention...