Word: pleadings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lazy, the Democratic Speaker exploded. He charged that Reagan's economic notions are a "bunch of baloney" that might "go over big at the country club" but not with the rest of the nation. As the two venerable Irishmen squared off, G.O.P. Senator Alan Simpson of Wyoming had to plead with them "to stop beating up on each other. It makes it difficult for the rest of us to get any work done...
...lions patrol the high mountains and hidden valleys; bald eagles and hawks, herons and condors find their lonesome rookeries. Some of Tupper Ansel Blake's photographs--a grove of bishop pines at Point Reyes, the promontories of Santa Cruz Island fading into the mist--evoke Japanese prints. All eloquently plead the book's cause: save the wilderness...
...former prosecutor in Alameda County, Calif., Meese prides himself on being tough on crime. But two widely publicized cases have led to criticism that he is soft on well-connected criminals. In May the Justice Department accepted a settlement allowing the E.F. Hutton brokerage company to plead guilty to a massive check- kiting scheme, but declined to seek indictments of any of the firm's officers, although Hutton was fined $2 million. Meese has also had to defend the Justice Department's protection of Jackie Presser, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the only major union boss...
...Reagan called the Syrian President last week, the release of the seven abducted Americans was the top item on his agenda. Though Assad did not give Reagan much cause for hope, relatives of the seven were buoyed somewhat last week when Lebanese television, supplying Arabic subtitles, allowed them to plead on the air for the release of their loved ones...
...weakest security of any major West European airport," says David Kyd of the International Air Transport Association. As a result, since 1982 several airlines, including TWA, have had their own supplemental screening systems. Four times during the past five years IATA officials have visited Athens to plead with the government to improve the situation. Greek officials claim they are scapegoats for U.S. frustration. Protests Transportation Minister Evangelos Kouloumbis: "The security is just as good as at any European airport...