Word: plea
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Somberly, Prime Minister Harold Macmillan warned the party that the trend "could lead to the return of a Socialist government by the side door." Sir Winston Churchill even weighed in with a ringing Churchillian plea for "a searching re-examination of our policies and great and sustained efforts." The Conservatives are still confident that if they can win British admission to Europe's Common Market, they can win the next general election, probably in 1963. Meanwhile, said one top Laborite, "for the first time, Hugh Gaitskell feels certain that he is going to be the next Prime Minister...
...everybody is in the mood to wait. While the soccer fans rioted and tourists twisted, 1,500 jobless workers marching along Ataturk Boulevard in a procession clashed with police and army units. Dozens were arrested. The fracas emphasized anew the urgency of the workers' plea, emblazoned on their banners: "Give us fields and we will sow, give us jobs and we will work, show us the way and we will march...
Indeed, conventional society may profit from this last characteristic of the Creep--Flynt's favorite example of a Creep who made good is Emily Dickenson. And since the Creep can function in our "human" world, it is Flynt's final plea that humans extend tolerance to the Creep...
Desperate Search. Meanwhile, the U.S. vainly pushes its blueprint for a neutralist coalition. Ever since February, Washington has refused to deposit Phoumi's $3,000,000 monthly aid check to force his agreement. Last week President Kennedy refused a new plea for financial support from the royal government. But even withholding economic aid from Laos has failed to overcome Phoumi's opposition...
...AFTER the speech, the applause was tremendous and the distinguished guests crowded around the Secretary," reports Bell. The audience surely grasped Marshall's plea for European unity, but few if any were aware that day of the significance of his plans for the United States' role in European recovery...