Word: plea
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...went to E.F. Au Pair, one of only eight agencies licensed by the U.S. government to bring au pairs to this country. Surely most mothers could picture themselves hiring Woodward, and feeling lucky to get her. In an interview televised the night before the verdict, Eappen made her own plea for mercy: "What if I was a stay-at-home mom and went to the movies and this happened?" But Eappen is looking for rationality where there is little. Consider this irony: no doubt many of the people jamming the airwaves condemning Eappen for going to work and leaving...
...comic timing that is going on all around him, which only adds more humor to his plight. As Yossarian, Leach remains stoic and earnest, but inevitably boring compared to his neurotic comrades. Watching him grow increasingly frustrated at their madness gives the audience fodder for amusement rather than a plea for sympathy. Leach portrays the perfect Yossarian--a man who has as many cyclical complexes as those around him, but whose personality grows pale in comparison to the army-green circus going on around...
...Allen Counter, director of the Harvard Foundation for Race and Intercultural Relations, announced that the debate would move to Sanders Theatre. Again students leapt from their seats despite Counter's plea that they move in an orderly fashion...
...sportscaster with an X-rated sex life; for biting lover Vanessa Perhach; to a 12-month suspended sentence; in Arlington, Va. Albert, who admitted "I am sorry" in court, could have received up to a year behind bars and a $2,500 fine for his guilty plea last month to assault and battery...
...female court-appointed defense attorney for Moore, played by Bai Ling, making an impressive debut in American cinema. She at first is part of the overwhelming uphill battle Moore must fight to prove his innocence, as she is not convinced of his claim and tells him that a guilty plea will yield more leniency. The way that she eventually becomes convinced of Moore's story and becomes a staunch ally and hard-fighting friend on his side is genuinely touching...