Word: pleasing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Emboldened by their success, student activists asked for another open meeting of the ACSR this spring, at which they asked it to recommend to the Corporation to sell the stock of any companies in its portfolio with ties to South Africa. Their pleas apparently had some impact on the advisory...
One of Enders' most recent brushes with the White House occurred when he fought hard to push his own candidate, Francis McNeil, Ambassador to Costa Rica, as special Central American envoy. The hard-liners won out with their choice, former Senator Richard Stone, a Reagan supporter from Florida. According...
Mondale's motives are most blatant in his pleas on behalf of "decent, hardworking Americans" who "suddenly find themselves thrown out of jobs they have held for 20 or 30 years." To help these "decent, hardworking Americans," Mondale has chosen to make Japan a scapegoat and take the jobs from...
Your story about the shootout in Memphis [Jan. 31] raises serious questions about our society's attitudes toward criminals. Maxine Smith, executive secretary of the Memphis N.A.A.C.P., and Walter Bailey, Shelby County commissioner, wrongly portray the police as the criminals. Officer Robert Hester, who was tortured and murdered, was...
Today the ticking may be louder than ever. Despite local officials' pleas for swift action, the agency took until two months ago to identify the 418 sites it regards as most dangerous. Of those, it has cleansed only five. Meanwhile, roiling criticism of the agency and its controversial administrator...