Word: plea
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with Flanders providing dry commentary and lead vocals and Swann at the keyboard, adding his thin but enthusiastic tenor to such whimsy as The Gasman Cometh, Song of Reproduction (a jab at stereo enthusiasts) and The Hippopotamus Song, an ode to "mud, mud, glorious mud" that somehow became a plea for international peace, complete with a verse in Russian delivered by Swann...
...serve and honor spiritual texts, but it seems unlikely that its new fans are paying much heed to the Latin words. After all, would they really be out there dancing to Salve Festa Dies (Hail, Festive Day) if they knew that one verse of this hymn contains the dour plea "Break the chains of hell, the shadows of the dungeon/ And call up again whatever has fallen into the abyss...
...Whitewater grand jury in Washington continued to hear testimony from Administration officials. And the special counsel obtained cooperation, as part of a plea bargain on non-Whitewater fraud charges, from an Arkansas businessman and former judge who says Clinton pressured him to make questionable loans. The President denies this accusation...
...Oregon grand jury investigating the January attack on figure skater Nancy Kerrigan announced its long-awaited findings: Yes, it alleged, rival Tonya Harding was in on the plot from the outset. However, Harding's previous plea bargain, on charges of conspiring to hinder prosecution of the attack, spared her from any further charges...
Gerry Adams says the latest I.R.A.attacks are a plea for peace...