Word: pleaded
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...ever plead "nolo contendere...
...make your adversary believe that you will if he remains recalcitrant. It also teaches that the top decision maker never negotiates directly, because that removes the space for a negotiator to say 'I see your point but my boss won?t buy it.' By meeting with Lazaro Gonzalez to plead with him to turn over the boy, having announced in advance that she'd ruled out sending in marshals, she was essentially negotiating against herself...
...high-profile pols like former Republican National Committee chairman Haley Barbour, Reed's appointment is raising a few eyebrows in the capital, says TIME Washington correspondent Viveca Novak. "Microsoft has been forking over huge amounts of money in the last year, hiring lobbyists with great connections who will plead their case," says Novak. "So no one is surprised they're adding people to their roster. But Reed's appointment could turn the heads of a few people who wonder how someone like him can serve two powerful interests at once." Not to mention folks who wonder what other Fortune...
What did these folks do to encourage the wrath of the White House? Absolutely nothing. It was what they didn't do that matters. They neglected to make huge campaign contributions or hire high-powered Washington lobbyists to plead their case...