Word: pleas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...correspondence . . . Many of those who wrote appear to think that I was denouncing television . . . This would put me in the unhappy position of the man who was allergic to his own liver . . . There are many programs on television today from which any man can draw profit and delight . . . My plea was for selective viewing and for that sort of balanced intellectual diet that would not forget the essential proteins and vitamins that can be found on the printed page and nowhere else...
...Plea: Guilty. The four had been brought to "trial" suddenly, only seven days before they were released. They were accused of "having intruded into the territorial air of China ... to perpetrate harassing and provocative activities, thereby jeopardizing the security of the People's Republic of China." The indictment was read, and then a "defense counsel," after expressing his anger at the "horrible crimes" that were committed, pleaded for leniency. At this point in their story, the flyers became cautious, obviously protecting themselves and other Americans still held by the Communists...
...they ask you to make a plea...
Shaver, another member of the old management. This gave Barr and Clarke complete control of the company in most critical matters. This was the first blow at Wolf son. The second : the board steam roller flattened Wolfson's plea for a committee to search out a new president, smoothly named Chairman Barr to that post as well. When the meeting ended, Wolfson, shut out completely, was near inarticulate and trembling with rage. If he continues his batt'e for control of Ward's, he will have to fight a tough...
Robin Hood. In London, Gerald Bolitho was sentenced to 21 months in jail despite his plea that in stealing a rare manuscript from the British Museum he did the museum a good turn, "because I have shown up a defect in their system...