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Word: pleasing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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When Archie C. Epps III, dean of students, tried to quiet the cheering crowd so that a Glee Club concert could begin at nearby Holden Chapel, his pleas were drowned out by a noisy South Boston rooting section on the fourth floor fire escape, dressed in tuxedos, the Glee Club...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Wiffle Ball: The Game of Spring | 5/21/1976 | See Source »

Despite the pleas of his staff, Carter refused to retreat at first-thus giving a rare public demonstration of his obsti-nancy under pressure. Asked why he, a man who is generally precise and subtle in his use of language, persisted in using words that offended so many people, Carter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: Candidate Carter: 1 Apologize' | 4/19/1976 | See Source »

Throughout the day and night Inquirer attorneys made pleas to Rizzo and Police Commissioner O'Neill to disperse the pickets. But there was no response from either man. Finally, after the paper missed its first two editions because pressmen and mailers could not enter the building, a local judge issued...

Author: By Jim Cramer, | Title: The Real Broad Street Bully | 4/5/1976 | See Source »

The President carried a nice bag of gifts into Illinois. He gladdened farmers by proposing to raise the estate top exemption for family farms from $60,000 to $150,000. Despite his own pleas for cutting the federal budget, he also advocated more Government spending for agricultural animal research. And...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Pork, Patronage and Promises | 3/22/1976 | See Source »

Canadians who wanted one of their own countrymen to open the Olympic Games this summer have been grumbling ever since their government tapped Britain's Queen Elizabeth for the honor. Now, at least, they can claim victory in a minor skirmish over the Queen's visit. It seems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 15, 1976 | 3/15/1976 | See Source »

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