Word: plea
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...peace talks would be rewarded by more economic cooperation, an offer sure to resonate in a nation torn by economic crisis. In recent weeks, the U.S. has made good on similar offers of aid, most notably by pledging $10 million in relief after Nort h Korea made an emergency plea to the World Food Program. Incentives aside, some analysts say the sheer number of dilemmas faced by North Korea -- epitomized by the defection of high-ranking official Hwang Jang Yop -- may have it teetering on the edg e of collapse, and that, more than any promise of aid, is what...
...with Edward Scissorhands, in which Depp played an abandoned monster with cutlery where his digits should have been, trying with sweetly contained but (considering his weaponry) dangerous eagerness to adjust to suburban normalcy. Everyone from moony adolescents to case-hardened movie critics could read the silent, yet somehow unsentimental, plea for succor emanating from his deep obsidian eyes, wonderfully set off by whiteface makeup...
PLEADED GUILTY. DANIEL CARLETON GAJDUSEK, 73, Nobel-prizewinning scientist for his work on viruses; to two counts of child abuse; in Frederick, Maryland. In a plea bargain, Gajdusek will serve up to a year in jail for molesting a 16-year...
...point in Hotel de Love, the main character exclaims, "Don't analyze me, I'm too shallow." This would also seem to be a fitting plea for the film itself...
...natty dresser, with a close-shaven head and a gold earring in his left ear, Jones also discussed American politics, saying he is upbeat about youth today. He exhorted listeners to solve racial conflicts and made a plea to the class to do something about the dilemmas of America's inner cities and wield the power of music in a positive...