Word: pleadingly
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...within what seems a short span of time, Swann must plead for Odette's affections. He pursues her as the rejects him in favor of the wealthy bourgeoise, Madame Verdurin (Marie-Christine Barrault). In desperation, Swann searches Odette's room for elusive voices. He torments himself with details of her lesbian attachments. Foreboding music adds to the tension. Swann's frustrations build to such a pitch that a crash seems inevitable...
Williamson said this week he will plead not guilty to the larceny charge, although his lawyer. Howard Friedman, said yesterday that Williamson was apprehended with a Chilean flag in hand. Cambridge Police Officer Thomas Tosi arrested the men in the early morning hours of Saturday, July 28 after a passerby informed the Harvard Police Department (HUPD) of suspicious behavior by the men and HUPD notifies the Cambridge Police...
...added, however, that the Americans should not ask the Soviets to reconsider their decision not to participate in this summer's Olympics. "It's over and final, and it's debasing to plead with them," he said...
...younger son. Miles, is both adorable and effective, but is too cute and cheerful in contrast to his pained father and brother. Schatzberg expects us to believe that he is too young to grieve for his mother. He doesn't cry, but he does show enough sensitivity to plead with his father not to blame Andrew when they spend a day exploring a crowded market. Again, the audience responds to his spunky antics but as most of the film's characterizations, it is seemingly inconsistent...
...guerrillas have even hired a U.S. public relations firm with offices in Manhattan and Washington to plead their case. Whatever their internal divisions and rivalries, the guerrillas have learned very well that the best place to put up a united front is in public. -By George Russell