Word: plea
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Actively following Churchill's policy of co-existence would result in a positive, realistic approach to the present East-West power struggle. Rather than accept Knowland's plea to snap diplomatic lines with Moscow, the free world should seek reasonable accommodations. The West should make every attempt to neutralize future struggles by political and economic adjustment. Despite Knowland's fears, total war is not inevitable. Through the habit of searching for agreement, the possibility of ultimate settlement becomes increasingly feasible. By avoiding world conflict, the Western allies need not succumb to "nibbling aggression." For co-existence, clearly seen...
Captain's Paradise. In Monroe, Mich., after radar clocked him going at 38 m.p.h. in a 25-mile zone, Greyhound Bus Driver Blake F. Glass indignantly drove his 30 passengers to police court, where they backed up his plea of innocent, won him an acquittal...
Immovable Object. In Santa Monica, Calif., Store Picket Albert H. Yalowitz, 49, was jailed on charges of slugging Customer Michael Adams, 15, despite his plea that Adams "ran into my fist...
This simple, necessary plea cannot be directed to students alone; there is some doubt that they are even the worst offenders. The alumni, back for their yearly glimpse of Harvard football, will not be exempted from the committee's ruling. Neither are they exempted from the rules of common sense...
...cigars wrapped in tinfoil and $10 bills. No-one would have been outraged if he had distributed them democratically, but unfortunately the Senator gave the tinfoiled cigars to known Democrats, while the $10 variety went to Republican and undecided voters. The Senate, furthermore, chose not to accept Newberry's plea that he was educating the Indians when it was discovered that his supporters had helped the Saginaws mark their ballots...