Word: plea
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...Barnett and retired General Edwin A. Walker, who was stirring up the crowd against Meredith, could be arrested (Walker was). "Imagine that son of a bitch having been commander of a division," Kennedy said. In a series of telephone calls with Barnett, Kennedy firmly rebuffed the Governor's plea to withdraw Meredith from the campus...
Steering clear of overtly political references, John Paul delivered a sermon on Christ's famous beatitude "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied." In a powerful and resonant voice, the Pope made a passionate plea for national reconciliation. Said he: "Inch by inch and day by day, it is necessary to build up trust-and to deepen trust." But the word solidarity kept cropping up. He told all those who worked that he brought his "solidarity and that of the church." A "hunger for righteousness," he explained, developed from "love...
...dimly lit foyer, it is just possible to read the notices that hang on the wall amid posters of Pope John Paul II. One large hand-scrawled message contains a plea for men's shoes of all sizes. Another, more ominously, lists the political trials that are currently in progress. Inside the vestibule, a Franciscan nun in a brown habit tends an old-fashioned telephone switchboard. Off to the side, a room is piled high with boxes containing toothpaste, soap, powdered milk and other items...
Before a gathering of the Foreign Policy Association at New York's Plaza Hotel, Hawke warned that any slackening of trade in the region, including the adoption of protectionist measures aimed at the Japanese, could indirectly slow Australia's economic recovery. He also made a plea for continued American investment in Australian industry (which has totaled $6 billion over the past five years). "We look forward to trade with and investment from the United States playing an important role in [our] recovery," said Hawke. "Ours is a relationship which goes far beyond the defense, strategic and security concerns...
...Kojak episode? A clip from Hill Street Blues? No, the dramatic scene is a real confession on videotape. It is one that may be repeated 500 times this year by the district attorney's office in The Bronx. The technique has resulted in a guilty-plea rate of 85% and a conviction rate of almost 100%. And New York City is not alone. Taped confessions are the latest tools of enterprising law-enforcement agencies around the country...