Word: plea
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...blasting his boss in four-letter words while talking to reporters. But because the remarks were delivered off the record, they were not printed. This time the newsmen felt that Martin was talking for print?and they printed his crack about Steinbrenner being "convicted," a reference to his guilty plea in connection with illegal contributions to Richard Nixon's 1972 campaign.* Within twelve hours of deriding his boss, Martin was tearfully reading a "resignation" speech. Steinbrenner, who has never been loath to meddle in clubhouse affairs (including making out lineup cards and giving pep talks as well as second-guessing...
Winterset--Maxwell Anderson's urban plea for justice and young love. Closing on Saturday night at the Loeb, 64 Brattle...
...brigade of disabled workers and people handicapped from birth parked their wheelchairs outside the hearing room in the Sacramento capitol in a quiet plea that their welfare aid not be reduced. Leaders of powerful police and fire fighters' lobbies jammed the committee chamber. So did the state's influential teacher and school lobbyists. Committee Member Leo McCarthy, speaker of the state assembly, passed up so many meals as the deadline neared that he had a severe allergic reaction to energy-sustaining almonds and had to be temporarily hospitalized. Select Committee Chairman Al Rodda, a mild-mannered former college...
...took the plea, but that is what they wanted...
...take the plea by yourself, or did the demons force...