Word: plea
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...jury selection last month, nearly half of the group of prospective jurors indicated we had been burglarized," he recalls. "Many could barely mask their impatience with the criminal justice system. After watching them, the accused burglar evidently felt he had little chance of a sympathetic verdict. He changed his plea to guilty...
Alfonsin's concern, however, was both more pressing and more serious: the worsening crisis Argentina faces in trying to cope with a $45 billion foreign debt and a towering 800% annual inflation rate. Thus the main item on Alfonsin's agenda was a plea for more money. He got a sympathetic hearing but apparently not much concrete satisfaction...
Reagan strove to be as tactful on economic issues as Alfonsin was on political questions. The U.S. President chose not to reply directly to Argentina's most immediate plea for U.S. assistance, a request for a $500 million "bridge loan" to help the country ride out the debt crisis. But Reagan did assure Alfonsin that, as a U.S. official later put it, "we stand ready to help where we can." Later, Reagan aides expressed skepticism that the U.S. could or would do much on the debt question. "He would like our support," said one U.S. official...
Beck looked to his left down the polished table at an attentive Reagan and made the most impassioned plea he has ever made in any of his White House trips. "You are such a great communicator, Mr. President," he said. "If you put together a package that is fair to everybody, the American people will buy it. Your leadership is demanded." Reagan nodded silently, neither yes nor no. His audience filed...
...King Hussein, who wooed Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat into an ambiguous agreement to pursue peace with Israel. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is working to thaw the "cold peace" with Israel by exchanging emissaries with Prime Minister Shimon Peres. Mubarak later flew to Washington to make a personal plea to President Reagan for renewed U.S. involvement. Then, last week, the globe-trotting Egyptian leader joined King Hussein on a trip to Baghdad to enlist the support of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Not since Reagan took office have Arab leaders displayed such an aggressive effort to revive the dormant peace...