Word: pleasing
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What kind of prescription is this for political success? Director of the CIA when that agency's prestige had never been lower. Ambassador to the U.N. when that body, for the first time, refused to heed U.S. pleas that Taiwan be allowed to remain a member. Chairman of the...
All three of these groups have had trouble supplying the rebels in the field, who send back tortuously written pleas for help signed with dozens of thumbprints. One of the saddest realities about the battle is the insurgents' inability to cope with equipment. Although rebel groups have captured Soviet...
It was no surprise that Beautiful-People Photographer Francesco Scavullo celebrated his 51st birthday at Manhattan's Studio 54, the tacky ex-TV studio that has been built into the Big Apple's most celebrated disco with the help of hype-hungry celebs. But why was his party...
Ever since the birth of Britain's Louise Brown, the world's first test-tube baby, in July 1978, infertile American couples have been clamoring for similar medical miracles on their side of the Atlantic. Now the pleas may be answered. Last week, after a year of acrimonious...
The list of heroes is a long one. Among them are the father of the dead boy, whose pleas for "no retaliation" set the tone for a week of complete calm, Father George Vartselis of East Cambridge's Sacred Heart Parish, who prayed with and led his community, and the...