Word: pleadings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...students but included many members of the black community outside of Harvard. The crowed was not even publicly informed that no one else would be admitted until thirty minutes after the doors were locked at about 11:15, I personally witnessed leaders of the black community having to plead with security personnel to be allowed inside and in some cases bring denied entrance. No arrangements were made for videotaping or broadcasting the event for people not accommodated inside. An apology is due to those who might have an event of this importance adequate logistical would be obvious necessity Anna...
...deftly walked the line between passive overseer and overbearing boss, nudging consensus into shape when he could, urging the White House to change legislative tacks when he could not. The institution is balky, filled with large egos and powerful fiefdoms. The majority leader has to wheedle and plead, wheel and deal, yet maintain an almost presidential gravity...
...satellite secrets to the Soviets. During the Boyce trial the CIA was so stingy with top-secret information that even the prosecution had trouble getting access to some of it. At one point, Assistant U.S. Attorney Levine had to fly from California to CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., to plead in person for a piece of evidence that the Company balked at divulging. The personal diplomacy worked. But, says Levine, "we had to walk gingerly to make sure we were not getting involved in information we didn't want compromised...
...even less successful. Caplan's evidence is telling. After the 1983 passage of the Insanity Defense Reform Act in New York, "less than one half of one percent [of those arrested] avoided the criminal justice system for mental health reasons ... less than 2 percent of this tiny portion successfully plead insanity." None of those who assassinated, or attempted to assassinate, Robert F. Kennedy '48, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., John Lennon, President Gerald Ford or George Wallace, were acquitted by reason of insanity. John Hinckley was the highly publicized exception to a little used rule...
Whoever wins power at the polls must shift gears to guide this nation. The transition from politics to governing gets more difficult with each election. We love the blather and boast, the charge and countercharge of campaigning. Governing is a tougher deal. A President must level, yield and plead. He must take action and then assume responsibility. The army of technocrats who run campaigns doesn't want to give up the raucous joy of the hustings. The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder of electoral combat...