Word: plea
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...difficulty, and the act sags until Frederick Neumann, as the John Huston-like director John Bean, takes things over. Neumann shines as the horny, hearty old American ("It's a simple name--I am a simple man.") whose vision of the revolution comprises mostly blood and tits; his prostrated plea for directorship of the film salvages the first act. Here, too, we learn the significance of the weighty title: "Washington" is to be the name of the film, and "has it legs?" is movie parlance for "will...
Cucinotta, 35, has never seen the Supreme Court. His turf is Philadelphia's criminal courts; his forte is plea bargaining with prosecutors, not constitutional advocacy. But in a few months, he will be in the high bench's marble temple in Washington to argue an important case involving the right to counsel...
...GUERRILLA member, whose impassioned plea to Epps got him to meet with student representatives Wednesday morning, explained her thinking: "I was really tired and those freshmen looked like they were ready to stay all night. I had to do something...
...larger conspiracy. This attack objects to the sociobiology stance which insists that humans are passive vehicles for either our genes or our environment. Strongly anti-determinist, the proponents of this argument insist that humans are active agents who shape their own destinies. In short, it is a plea for the power of free will. This position largely ignores the material in Wilson's book rather than confronting...
Twenty-two anti-draft protestors, arrested for "idle and disorderly conduct" while demonstrating Saturday in front of a post office on Mt. Auburn St., yesterday entered a plea of "not guilty" at their arraignment...