Word: plead
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...girls, 50 of whom were still in the institution, had been induced to plead guilty to charges without a hearing, a direct violation of the Criminal Code which provides that a wayward minor can be committed only ''by competent evidence upon a hearing." Last week Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt's only action in face of innumerable scandals was to consider a blanket pardon for all those jailed because magistrates had ignored...
...theme of the Schakhta Trial, broadcast two years ago, was merely sabotage. In that trial and again last week the son of one of the accused passionately denounced his father as a traitor to the proletariat. During the Schakhta proceedings several of the accused pleaded "not guilty," defended themselves wildly, vainly in a dramatic radio dialog with Prosecutor Krylenko, who beat down their defense as a tiger claws to bits a bleating sheep. Last week however all the star prisoners-six of the eight accused-expressed a desire to plead guilty, entered the courtroom with bulky, manuscript confessions which they...
...nation. Characteristically, Citizen Coolidge chose the hushed solitude of a radio broadcasting studio at Springfield to appeal for the election of his old friend, William Morgan Butler, Republican nominee for the Senate. Equally in character, Citizen Smith chose the raucous, turbulent, packed-to-the-doors Boston Arena to plead for the election of Marcus Aurelius Coolidge, the Democratic nominee...
...husband lived among the Manus, learnt their language, their tabus, took photographs, asked questions, saw as much as they were allowed. Anthropologist Mead's conclusion is that among the Manus only the children have a really good time. Children do exactly as they please; parent's may plead, they never discipline. But with marriage a hard life begins. The married couple have never seen each other till their wedding, rarely like each other. They have no house of their own, must work hard to pay back the marriage expenses. Divorce or separation is frequent. Mrs. Mead is reminded...
...British Government's description of it: "A representative gathering of all shades of Indian opinion." If there is no real Nationalist on the list, reporters stumbling among Hindu patronymics found near-Nationalists in the persons of Dr. B. S. Moonje and Chirravoori Yajneswara Chintamani. Both still vociferously plead for Indian administration of Indian affairs, but both have abandoned St. Gandhi's demand for an independent India...