Word: pleasing
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With concern for human rights slowly taking hold in China and a more aggressive media no longer as circumspect about reporting official misdeeds, public indignation is running high. Incidents that in the past would have been hushed up now receive widespread play in the press. Among the more spectacular recent...
E-mails streamed in all day yesterday. Most were “exasperated” pleas to be taken off the list; others demanded to know what was causing the problem.
The SEVIS system was released late and ridden with technical flaws. Complaints and pleas from colleges and universities deluged Washington. A January 2002 deadline for approval to use the system was extended to February.
Despite their pleas, classes continued as planned at Harvard, which prides itself on a tradition of staying open, no matter what weather might hit.
Despite their pleas, classes continued as planned at Harvard, which prides itself on a tradition of staying open, no matter what weather might hit.