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...snapped Douglas. Besides, he added, Wilkins was reneging on an agreement to retire at year's end. While some board members fretted privately that Wilkins might "kill the organization" with his inflammatory remarks, the N.A.A.C.P.'S rank and file were inclined to listen sympathetically to Wilkins' plea out of sentiment for his long service to the organization...
...Kenya denied that it had any Palestinians in prison at all. Meanwhile, the hostages remained in the terminal, huddling together during the bitter-cold nights, trying to sleep on the hard benches and the stone floor as rats scampered around them. Claiming to be swayed by Amin's plea for humanitarianism, the terrorists released 47 elderly women, children and sick hostages at midweek...
...there was surprise at Gearhart's sentence. He was arrested only a few days after he arrived in Angola and denied ever firing a shot. Evidently, his ad in Soldier of Fortune was taken as proof of evil intent. British Prune Minister James Callaghan cabled a plea for mercy for the men to Angolan President Agostinho Neto, who alone has the power to reduce the sentences...
...original 1953 production, is good as the octogenarian Giles Corey, one of the noblest figures in the Salem saga. Rather than plead guilty or innocent, Corey steadfastly remained mute, the only way under the law that he could insure his property would go to his sons. To force a plea out of him, heavy stones were piled on his chest. Saying only, "More weight," he died. (Corey and his brave death figure more prominently in Lyon Phelps' aforementioned dramatization...
...satisfaction at having done so well what he wanted and revulsion at having killed the deer." It was a fateful response. To make certain the lesson and its symbolism had been learned, the President told the Vice President to fire again. He did. Humphrey relates the incident as a plea for understanding of what he was up against in the overbearing Johnson. But it reveals far more about Hubert Humphrey than about Lyndon Johnson...