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...Civilians, meanwhile, continually wandered out of town to encourage and even beg the U.S. soldiers to take Najaf. They said fedayeen irregulars were forcing local members of the al-Quds militia to fight by gathering their families and threatening to shoot them if they did not oppose the Americans. At one point, locals came out to thank the Americans for killing the area's Baath party leader, who they said had been executing civilians. The Baath leader, they said, had been killed in an air strike on a fedayeen stronghold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Road to Death at Najaf | 3/30/2003 | See Source »

...sleek seven-story building with a lobby curved like a radio wave. Its studios feature the latest digital sound gear. Executives, if prodded, talk about "branding," "revenue growth" and "audience fragmentation." They speak such words softly--NPR is, after all, a not-for-profit organization whose member stations constantly beg listeners for contributions. But it's getting harder to keep its success a hush-hush affair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Prosperous Radio | 3/24/2003 | See Source »

Andrew: I may be more promiscuous than the average person, but I ain’t a ho, okay? I ain’t a ho. Some may beg to differ...

Author: By Ishani Ganguli and Maria S. Pedroza, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: The Blind Leading the Blind | 2/13/2003 | See Source »

...those who have suffered from my shortcomings and mistakes I both apologize and from them beg forgiveness,” he said. “Please keep me in your prayers...

Author: By Alexander J. Blenkinsopp and Lauren A.E. Schuker, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Cardinal Resigns; Catholics Respond | 12/16/2002 | See Source »

...noted. "Today they politically control the Delta. White people are living with that reality just fine. Today nobody can get away with racist politics in the state." Indeed, who would have thought, forty years ago, that a Senator from Mississippi would be forced to go on his knees and beg for forgiveness for harboring segregationist views...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mississippi Has Left Lott Behind | 12/14/2002 | See Source »

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