Word: plea
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...paucity of transfers admitted two years ago brought forth a plea from the Masters for more transfer students. The Committee on Educational Policy has also appealed for the admission of more of these men. Eliot Perkins '23, Master of Lowell House declares, "The general run of transfer student is superior. It is a pity that under the present great pressure for freshman admission, we take fewer than we used...
...been designed to frighten Iraq's King Feisal or Saudi Arabia's Saud as a demonstration of what could be done to them, it failed even more miserably. Instead, it brought fresh evidence of the growing isolation of Egypt and Syria in the Arab world. Answering a plea from six Iraqi religious leaders, Feisal and Saud joined in denunciation of Nasser's methods. "These attacks," said King Feisal, "will benefit only the enemies of Arabs and Moslems." Said Saud: "We will make an effort to end them...
...such deep trouble that it has asked CAB to restore subsidy and shuck off some money-losing short runs. Capital, basically a line of short routes with high operating costs, expects to lose $2.5 million this year, $7.5 million next year. CAB is likely to refuse subsidy plea, but may let line drop some routes...
...catch her eye, Haynes wrote a second plea on birchbark, imploring her to reconsider. This time Mamie did agree to accept the makings of a coat, paid out $385 to have the 17 prime pelts, donated by two trappers' associations, fashioned into a finished garment (worth, said Haynes, some $1,800). Last week Mamie obliged by smilingly modeling the three-quarter-length, sleek, dark coat for White House photographers while Trapper Haynes and Archie Clark chattered happily to reporters...
...French private named Geronimo leaped from the jeep, and unlimbering his Tommy gun, faced the Moslem troublemaker. From the sidelines an old Arab shuffled forward and tried to soothe his compatriot: "Go home. Come on, don't be mulish.'' Before the old Arab had finished his plea, Private Geronimo's Tommy gun stuttered in reply, and the old man "collapsed softly, muttering to himself unintelligibly while his blood flowed down from the sidewalk to the cobbles of the street." As the red stain spread, the jeep sped away...