Word: plea
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Iowa Republican Jack Miller, proponent of a tough stance in Viet Nam, chimed in with a plea that "something should be done about a change in the conduct of the war." Idaho Democrat Frank Church, a longtime critic, warned that the Administration seemed to be "poised to plunge still deeper into Asia where huge populations wait to engulf us, and legions of young Americans are being beckoned to their graves." Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield was no less concerned. "We are facing today the most troublous days in the entire history of the Republic, and I bar no period...
Romney followed up his plea for a discussion of the issues by remarking that he could support Nixon if the other Republican Governors went that way. Then Montana's Tim Babcock, previously thought to be holding out for Ronald Reagan, announced loudly that he would support Nixon, and that half the Republican Governors would do the same. It was after that-just a few hours after the Romney press conference-that Rockefeller issued his statement of availability. Said George Hinman: "We decided that we simply had to clear up his position...
...puts Columbia into the NCAA tournament. A loss would have left the Lions out in the cold, because their plea to the Ivy League that they be allowed to compete in the National Invitational Tournament was denied yesterday before the game...
...vengeance. Hot is Kate's rival for the favors of a village mailman, and when she pleads, sounding like a duck in heat, for "Nothing But Him," it not only obscures the merits of the song but leaves a faint prickly sensation in the ears. Her briefer wishing-well plea for Joe is hysterical...
...counsel, Escobedo has been in and out of court on charges of burglary, possession of weapons and drugs. None of them stuck, partly because his lawyer argued that ruffled Illinois and U.S. authorities were unfairly picking on Danny in order to get revenge. His lawyer made the same plea last week as he defended Escobedo against charges of being involved in the possession and sale of 59 Ibs. of heroin. This time it didn't work. Escobedo had made the mistake of selling the junk to a federal narcotics agent. Unless he wins another appeal, Escobedo, 28, faces from...