Word: pleaded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...President also dismissed Senate Minority Leader Robert Dole's warning that his chances of success could be as low as 1 in 100. Instead, with the firm declaration "I want to do it," Reagan traveled the extra mile down Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House to the Capitol to plead personally with Senate Republicans for the single vote he needed to sustain his veto...
...latest fallen wizard, Boyd Jefferies, may have come as less than a rude shock, since the prominent Los Angeles stock trader was known to have dealt heavily with Arbitrager Ivan Boesky. But on Wall Street, where scandal is becoming almost routine, Jefferies' announcement last week that he would plead guilty to two criminal charges created a whole new sense of dread. For Jefferies was not charged with insider trading, as a dozen others were, but with other rule-bending practices that have become commonly tolerated. The case against Jefferies, based partly on tips provided by the chastened Boesky, demonstrated that...
...blocks of stock outside the New York and American exchanges. His deals have often helped corporate takeover artists to amass their holdings. Last week Jefferies, 56, resigned as chairman of his company, agreed to stay out of the securities business for at least five years and said he would plead guilty to two felony counts that could bring him as much as ten years in prison. Jefferies was the only individual who was accused. Michael Singer, a former senior vice president who had been questioned in the case, was not charged...
...injustices done by the characters is minor compared to those suffered by them. The play's raucous tone often leaves us free to choose what to take seriously and what to read as self-parody anyway. This self-protective stance allows the playwright and her company to plead "just kidding" to any protestation, but it also drives home the absurdity of rigid sex roles and sexism...
Mario Cuomo is blessed -- or cursed -- with the ability to see both sides of any argument. As a lawyer, he was trained to plead pro and con and was always deft at making his case. As a man, he is inclined to argue inwardly, to question his motivations, his ambitions...