Word: plea
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hours of talks. In his final testament, Ho described how "deeply I am grieved at the dissensions that are dividing the fraternal parties." Few parties have been less fraternal lately than the Chinese and the Russian, yet both, for their own reasons, responded to Ho's plea for unity. Though the conference at Peking Airport appeared to leave intact the deep ideological chasm between the two, the mere fact that the meeting took place was intriguing...
...Todt was killed in a plane crash in February 1942, Speer was selected to succeed him. As Minister, he found himself constantly battling colleagues. Almost at war's end, SS Leader Heinrich Himmler was using scarce materials to build a country house for his mistress. Speer's plea for women workers was vetoed by Hitler, at Martin Bormann's suggestion, on the grounds that it would keep them from producing good Aryan offspring. Half a million Ukrainian girls were brought into Germany instead, to become servants in the homes of Nazi functionaries...
...Plea for Pity. Some of the most disputed figures are those on the growth of the nation's money supply. Washington's fundamental strategy for halting inflation is keyed to keeping that growth down. Federal Reserve statistics computed in the traditional manner show that the money supply, which is defined as cash in circulation plus demand deposits in commercial banks, has grown since the end of 1968 at a 1.5% annual rate, or 1% for the year so far. Under the prevailing theory that money supply controls economic growth, and ultimately price levels, that would seem gradual enough...
...damaged the revered mosque in Israeli-ruled Jerusalem. "Hopes for a peaceful solution have been cruelly shattered," declared Jordan's King Hussein. "Now that all peaceful methods have been exhausted, I appeal to you to declare jihad [holy war]," cried Saudi Arabia's King Feisal, in a plea addressed not only to the region's 100 million Arabs but also to the world's 600 million Moslems...
...came just before the judge's charge to the jury, in the form of a letter from a Sing Sing convict named Walter Sher. The letter claimed that one of Mosley's witnesses had admitted to Sher that he himself had killed The Hawk. In an emotional plea, Mosley argued that Sher was a psychopath, who had written the letter without even being asked, hoping to receive favors in prison from friends of Franzese. Sher's testimony, although unsubstantiated, was enough to raise doubts in the minds of the jurors. All four defendants were acquitted, and Mosley...