Word: plea
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fought on the issue of tight v. easy money; new parties-the Populists, the Green-backers-sprang up whose primary function was to argue for a looser money supply. William Jennings Bryan, Boy Orator of the Platte, won his reputation and the Democratic presidential nomination in 1896 with a plea for easier money...
...that had cooled Washington's political heat last January were notably missing after this year's State of the Union message. Criticism from Democratic leaders was more outspoken, and Republicans lyrically referred to the speech as "superb, superlative, and sublime." Even the President failed to repeat last year's plea for "harmony and good will" as he attempted to set a liberal Republican platform that could bring victory in November with or without his name on the ballot...
Fluid Drive. In Hoboken. N.J., Bar Owner Albert W. Dreisbach was convicted of drunken driving, fined $200 despite his defense plea: "I just had my car winterized, and the fumes must have stayed on my person...
Wassailsman. In Sparta, Wis., booked on a charge of procuring beer for minors, Farmer Gilbert Paasch was fined $350, despite his defense plea: "I just like kids...
...once fine city of Hungnam was gasping in its death throes. Five unshaven Army colonels came aboard. 'Captain, we need your assistance,' one said. 'Thousands of men, women and children are here. We have to get them out. Will you help us?' That heart-rending plea needed no reply. It had been answered 20 centuries ago: 'Whatsoever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.' We were credited with taking out 14,000 in a single lift...