Word: plead
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...track, “Cursed Sleep,” might be the most musically complex piece to ever carry Oldham’s name. Violins ascend while cellos spiral downwards, the melody darts from wall to wall in a careful pattern, and Dawn McCarthy’s counterpoint vocals plead out variations of the song’s title over and over and over again. Meanwhile, Will narrates a primordial, but endlessly complex, human scene: lovers lying in bed.“I slept sweetly, unpretending / that the night was always ending / she breathed lightly, right next...
...that's about the only thing that remains the same. A corruption scandal that implicated Republican Governor Bob Taft has sunk his approval ratings to 19%, making him the second-lowest-ranked governor in the country, according to Survey USA. Another corruption scandal forced G.O.P. Congressman Bob Ney to plead guilty to charges of accepting free gifts and meals from lobbyist Jack Abramoff. He's not seeking reelection, putting his House seat in danger for Republicans. And that's not all the problems for the G.O.P. in Ohio. "You've got a national anti-Republican, anti-incumbent sentiment that wasn...
...went to a private school, am I right?" asks voice trainer Dewi Hughes, immediately placing me in the marzipan (almost uppermost) layer of the British social fruit cake. I did, it's true. But, I plead, I'd much rather sound like the other 98% of the country. As a preliminary exercise, he has me read Christina Rossetti's poem Remember. His verdict? "Two vowels betray your background." My clenched and elongated [an error occurred while processing this directive]"oh" and "oo" sounds, he says, are the tip-off that I'm a toff. So why don't I want...
...Plead Guilty Congressman faces prison G.O.P. Representative Bob Ney, accused of taking bribes and lying to Congress, is expected to be the first lawmaker to admit guilt in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal when he appears in court...
...same token, some observers had predicted prosecutors would insist that Ney plead guilty to bribery, which carries a possible 15-year sentence, in part because Abramoff and another defendant admitted bribing a public official who has been identified as Ney. Right up until his guilty plea, Ney had always denied wrongdoing, even after Volz pleaded guilty in May. Volz confessed to conspiring to corrupt the congressman and others. After leaving the congressional payroll Volz went into business with Abramoff...