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...rushes on in a black negligee to prepare for the arrival of her date; but as he is late she passes the time by relating the saga of her life. Since the play ends with the date's arrival, I would say that Lady's overall message is a plea for punctuality...
...article accurately cites my plea for education about the disease. Such education is needed so that well-reasoned decisions based on accurate information may be reached. This task will require a thoughtful effort, for as the description of the Cambridge Forum presentation illustrates, a call for reason may be easily mistranslated by an over-eager and sensation-seeking press. William Haseltine...
...status quo will alienate the legal and insurance factions, and the fact that the Massachusetts doctors have been utterly callous in their reaction, the argument of the medical faction on the malpractice insurance issue is still the most convincing one. Though its rhetoric may appear territorial, the medical plea for moderating the run-away malpractice problem is a reasonable one with comparatively egalitarian consequences...
...genre retains its rounded invective and withering humor. The wicked lord, pondering the corpse of his rich, social-climbing bride, decides to prop her up at the table: "Stretched out on the floor could only encourage the lowest of surmises." His equally malicious mother, listening to the plea on bended knee of the duped servant's wife, says imperiously, "Get up, child. A thing is not made more impressive by being said by a dwarf." Lest anyone miss the relevance of this portrait of privilege, Bond and Composers Nick Bicat and John McKinney have interspersed 15 eerie, offbeat songs, their...
...plea, which explicitly admits neither guilt nor innocence, acknowledges that the prosecution has a strong case...