Word: plea
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...than they will want to pay, or he may be concerned about the "Slovenia? Where's that?" factor. French President Jacques Chirac was particularly eager to see Romania gain entry. In a tete-a-tete with Clinton at the Denver economic summit two weeks ago, Chirac made a strong plea for both Romania and Slovenia, but Clinton simply repeated his position that three was enough. "That's the maddening thing about dealing with the Americans," says a French official. "You can discuss things, but only up to a certain point. Then the U.S. says...
...maintained his innocence ever since. The defense says that additional cleaning of the rifle and a new test will clarify the situation in favor of Ray. But the prosecution says they are just grasping at straws. If Judge Brown rules against him, it probably means that Ray, whose guilty plea has been upheld eight times by state and federal courts, has seen the end of his last hope for a new trial...
Miller denies he paid anyone to lie. Jenkins' lawyer, Mark Seifert, says the candidate was not aware of Miller's record--a manslaughter conviction, a guilty plea to attempted murder, and more--but "we don't really care" about it. Miller is valuable because "he's a guy familiar with how political corruption works in New Orleans," Seifert insists. "We never paid any witnesses, and we directed that no witnesses be paid." Reports that Miller paid a witness to have sex with him and gave another money for heroin are, Seifert is sure...
Smaltz has scored some successes. He has snagged plea bargains or guilty verdicts in eight cases, including the conviction of Sun-Diamond Growers, a California raisin-and-nut cooperative, for, among other things, giving Espy luggage, meals and transportation. But even before his recent big losses, lawyers were complaining that Smaltz and his deputy Ted Greenberg have acted like wayward cowboys. Hiram Eastland, a lawyer representing former Espy aide Ron Blackley, says Smaltz's lawyers put Blackley's wife on the stand and tried to get her to testify against her husband despite the long-standing marital-privilege doctrine...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Brother, can you spare $250,000? That?s the plea President Clinton will make to 40 or 50 of his wealthiest supporters over dinner Wednesday night in a desperate attempt to balance the Democrat's sagging books as the midterm election season fast approaches. Clinton will ask each of his pals to raise or donate $250,000 over the next two years to help retire the party's $14.5 million debt. The DNC has met all its money targets so far this year, and expects to raise at least $50 million in 1997. But while the flush...