Word: pleasingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The members of Congress heartily applauded Johnson's pleas-but there was little likelihood that they would dramatically speed up their legislative schedule so as to pass either the civil rights or the tax bill this year. The civil rights measure is presently held by the House Rules Committee...
Anti-donkey or not, Chief Gonçalves mulishly insisted that the donkey was dangerous and had to be kept behind bars, despite Farmer Fernandes' pleas that the animal had only kicked in self-defense. Months passed. The other prisoners, being human, had protested that the donkey stank; even...
Way for Liberty. The war between Capitol Hill and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue came to a climax with F.D.R.'s veto, over the desperate pleas of Democratic Senate Leader Alben W. Barkley, of a 1944 tax bill. Barkley's one-vote election as majority leader over Mississippi's...
Six Brandeis University undergraduates arrested Nov. 1 for illegal possession of marijuana received a "simple continuance" of their case until Nov. 27 in Waltham District Court Wednesday. The students have not yet entered pleas in their behalf. If they are found guilty, the six face a minimum penalty of $1000...
Spock said he thought the function of SANE co-chairmen was "essentially to lecture and write impassioned pleas to people." He added that "I would be very proud to serve with Stuart Hughes. I admire him very much."