Word: plea
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...state that "famed, publicity-sensitive Trial Lawyer Louis Nizer . . . brought tears even to the eyes of opposing Assistant State's Attorney James Thompson with the eloquence of his plea...
...showdown, spectators filled the galleries, and some 100 senatorial aides lined the walls of the chamber. Mike Mansfield, his soft voice now rough with anger, set forth a final plea that was made more compelling by the fact that Morse & Co. were holding up the satellite bill even while two Russian cosmonauts were swirling about in space. "Will the Senate continue to dawdle?" asked Mansfield. "To decide for cloture is to decide honorably and reasonably to settle this issue one way or another and get on with the business of the Senate. The Senate owes the country a decision...
...Price of the Image. But guilt became a bitter pout when Joe DiMaggio, Marilyn's second husband once removed, arrived in town to bar Hollywood from the funeral. His quiet, classic plea for privacy extended even to Mrs. Pat Lawford, sister of President Kennedy and one of Marilyn's last close friends. When Marilyn's attorney complained that DiMaggio was keeping all her friends away, DiMaggio coldly answered: "If it weren't for those friends, she would still be alive." Only Peter Lawford publicly complained ("I'm shocked"), but Marilyn's movie friends, smarting...
...unique charisma was the force that caused distant men to think that if only a well-intentioned, understanding person like me could have known her, she would have been all right. In death, it has caused women who before resented her frolicsome sexuality to join in the unspoken plea she leaves behind-the simple, noble wish to be taken seriously and soulfully. It had also caused a desperate Turk to slash his wrists after seeing How To Marry a Millionaire, caused lonely men to offer her marriage proposals a dozen times a week for the past ten years, caused doleful...
East. Next week the ICC will begin hearings on a merger that would form the country's largest transportation company, with assets of $4.2 billion. The 9,867-mile PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD and the 10,264-mile NEW YORK CENTRAL have a compelling plea: each is losing money. But combined, they figure to cut 7,800 jobs and save $75 million a year. The ICC, which moves slower than freight, will take about two years to decide on that application. But two other Eastern mergers are likely to get the ICC's green light within the next year...