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Word: plea (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...thought-action." And, "I began to doubt that photography was an art. It was a way of life, the best vocation for a single gal to get out and meet people, find a husband, make a few bucks. 'I want to be a photographer' was a plea for love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Double Exposures | 6/5/1978 | See Source »

GARY HART. The Colorado Democrat too was unable to make up his mind until just an hour before the roll was called. Prominent Jewish leaders "from Los Angeles to Boston" whom he met while managing George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign had besieged him. He received a telephoned plea from Vance. Yet he had been "very impressed" by the pleas of the Saudi princes. While Hart was on his way to the Senate floor, New Republic Editor Marty Peretz made an emotional final-hour anti-sales pitch to him. Vice President Walter Mondale took him aside for a counterplea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Jewish Lobby Loses a Big One | 5/29/1978 | See Source »

...Moroccan soldiers who had been airlifted into the area by the French. Last week's invasion was not only bigger and better planned; it was also, according to Washington, actively supported by Cuban troops who have been training the F.L.N.C. guerrillas in Angola. Responding to an urgent telephone plea from Mobutu, French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing dispatched 1,200 Foreign Legion paratroopers to Shaba. Belgian Premier Léo Tindemans sent another contingent of paras to help airlift 3,000 Europeans from Kolwezi. Units of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C., were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ZAIRE: The Shaba Tigers Return | 5/29/1978 | See Source »

...Pallottine's plea bargain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Wrist Tap | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

...Deals like this one give plea bargaining a bad name," fumed the morning Sun, which originally broke the scandal. Much of the public seemed to agree. The kid-gloves treatment of Carcich may hurt Burch, who is running for Governor in the Sept. 12 primary. The longer range impact will come in Washington. The Pallottines were not the only agency that used 80% or more of their gifts to cover the exorbitant costs of direct mail. Congress is now considering a new law to force charities to disclose such unhappy facts to potential contributors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Wrist Tap | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

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