Word: plead
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...founder of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), which soon became the focus of activism for Rhodesia's black liberationists. Nkomo has been the primary spokesman for Rhodesia's blacks, traveling often to Britain and once to the U.N. as an unofficial foreign minister to plead for majority rule...
...long provided minor home improvements for top FBI officials. As agents told of this work, John P. Dunphy, the head of the section, agreed to talk freely to the Justice Department about more serious misuse of Government funds and services. In return, the Justice Department permitted him to plead guilty to the minor indiscretion of having his section build a birdhouse for his home. Kelley then had little choice but to fire Dunphy. It was Dunphy who mentioned the Kelley valances to investigators...
...serpents, of course, plead extenuating circumstances. Some men hate mixed-doubles play and endure it only when caught. "You could play it in your tuxedo," says one. Why? Because, so the argument goes, women are slow. Another excuse is that most women had a deprived childhood?i.e., they did not get to throw a ball much, which plays hob later with the motion needed for a good serve. Some men will blandly generalize, in the face of all history, that women lack that killer will to win. Others will argue that unlike men, who in doubles usually feel ashamed...
Will Hussung, who had a less prominent role in the 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...
...frantic campaign was launched, and 50 well-known theatre folk purchased a half page in the New York Times to plead for donations. Two weeks before the deadline, the AST was still $150,000 short. A branch of Bloomingdale's kicked in 10 per cent of a day's receipts, and an electronics corporation contributed $15,000. But most of the money came in small donations, including a box of 89 pennies collected in a local grade school. As a result, the drive netted a total of $307,654. This came too late to allow the usual spring season...