Word: pleasing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Unfortunately for Israel?and for the prospects for peace in the Middle East?Arafat's pleas seemed to be falling on receptive ears. His archenemy, Abu Nidal, a onetime Fatah member who broke away to establish his own terrorist gang, sent word from Iraq that he was willing to agree...
There are other abuses in special pleading. Some Senators have willingly lent their names and their office letterheads to big mail campaigns, conveying the false impression that the pleas are endorsed by the Senate. A House subcommittee headed by New York Congressman Benjamin Rosenthal has discovered that hundreds of corporations...
In anticipation of that scientifically assisted blessed event, normally quiet Oldham (pop. 227,000) last week was in a state of siege. From as far off as Japan, scores of reporters and cameramen had converged on the town to be on hand for the birth of Baby Brown. Despite pleas...
Like competing suitors seeking the dowry of a fabled heiress, the major planemakers for months have been courting United Airlines. Salesmen from Lockheed, McDonnell Douglas, Boeing-each carrying special pleas and promises-swarmed to the company's Chicago headquarters. There was also a fascinating newcomer on the scene, the...
By this time several of us got caught up in the agitation. Demonstrations were popping up all over the world. Tension became almost unbearable. Respectable citizens of Boston, first reluctantly, then with greater assertiveness, began to intervene in the press, to organize committees, and brought their pleas to Gov. Alvin...