Word: plea
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Iran finally has a government capable, at least in theory, of making decisions, although that was not readily apparent from the chaos in the long-awaited Majlis (parliament) debate last week. Finally, there are signs that the U.S. has begun more actively seeking a settlement, beginning with a conciliatory plea sent by Muskie last month to Prime Minister Mohammed Ali Raja...
...creative, for the dutiful daughter of the father in us is only a hack." Harrison diagnoses in Rich a "fossilized moral imagination," parochialism, whining, polemicism, and a penchant for boring the reader. She says "the tender conscience and the tough mind alike are confounded by this diatribe." Making a plea for intellectual generosity and open-mindedness, Rich's rhetoric leaves no room for a more complex truth. It's refreshing to hear one feminist speak of another with more candor than piety...
...since the SALT II debate has the Administration lobbied so vigorously in Congress. Emissaries from Jimmy Carter regularly called on undecided Senators and Representatives. Secretary of State Edmund Muskie made an impassioned plea to his old friends on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. According to a Senate aide, he said in effect: "I know it's a tough one, but you guys should go along with me on it." Despite these efforts, both the Senate committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee last week embarrassed Carter by voting to veto his June decision to sell India 38 tons...
...first clear indication of the government's moratorium on elections came late last month in a speech by Humberto Ortega Saavedra, 34, the Defense Minister. On the same platform was the visiting President of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Carazo Odio, who had made a strong plea, as advice from a neighbor, for early elections. But when it came his turn to speak, Ortega announced that elections would not be held until 1985. "The economic and moral destruction of the country is of such magnitude that it cannot be rebuilt before 1985," he said, by way of explanation...
...trade assistance that the industry has discussed with the Government has been a plea that the country consider its own self-interest. We certainly don't have in mind asking for Government financial help. If we have the right environment, we see no reason why we shouldn't be able to thrive in this country as we have in the past...