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...four months after his arrival. He had already purchased land, found the other inhabitants pleasing, and complained only of, "a little flye caled a misketo that...bites like a midge," but even those could be kept out of the house with smoke pots, he guaranteed. Ending his plea with, "May ye Lord bles you, and conduct you safe hither," his story becomes just one of Bailyn's many revealing glimpses into...
...rite-of-last-night? Like any man trying to take any woman to bed, Alexander offers her a two-faced come-on: If we make love we can create a new world; if we don't make love I'll kill myself. Out of sympathy, she accedes to his plea, and their bed revolves and rises, sharing their forced ecstasy...
...demonstration trod a hard road, almost collapsing twelve days after it began when the original sponsor, a group called Pro Peace, ran out of funds. But after forming their own corporation and raising $500,000, much of it in donations of $20 or less, the walkers took their plea for a nuclear freeze to small towns across the country. Once in New York City, they taped a Phil Donahue show and visited the United Nations. Next and last stop: Washington...
...Gold Medal of Achievement, Wiesel, standing on the same podium as the President, implored him to call off the visit. "That place, Mr. President, is not your place," he said. "Your place is with the victims of the SS." Reagan went to Bitburg despite the protests, but Wiesel's plea had a lasting resonance...
...judge scheduled to preside over the trial of Brian Lee Tribble has been urging prosecutors and Tribble's attorney to work out a plea bargain before the trial, according to a published report...