Word: pleasing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ali stepped to the podium to another standing ovation, and motioning the crowd to be seated, said that the applause was not necessary. After thanking Taylor for his introduction, he said, "I'm not here to cop any pleas about losing the decision to Joe Frazier. You can't take...
"It's like conducting an antiwar rally at a construction site," quipped Jerome Kretchmer, head of the city's Environmental Protection Administration. On the first day of the show, Kretchmer spoke at a rally, launching a march on the Coliseum that was led by black-robed protesters wearing...
Ignoring defense pleas for a "gift of life," a California jury yesterday returned a sentence of death in San Qentin's gas chamber for Charles Manson and three women accomplices-Patricia Krenwinkel, Susan Atkins, and Leslie Van Houten-convicted of the Sharon Tate murders.
Building Morale. In an interview with TIME'S Dean Fischer last week, Mitchell agreed that his emphasis has shifted from strong support of police to pleas for court and correction reform. "When we came into office, the police forces in this country were completely discouraged," he said. "It was...
Faced with steeply rising costs for clerks, probation officers and the like, Philadelphia's Court of Common Pleas asked the city council for an extra $5,230,817. The money, argued the court's judges, was essential to the orderly administration of justice. Turned down, the judges took...