Word: pleasingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Castro's initial threat to execute his 1,000 rebel prisoners brought such a wave of revulsion that the Presidents of six Latin American nations sent urgent pleas to Havana asking clemency. When Castro later withdrew the threat (he would merely keep the men as hostages so as "not...
Last week President Kennedy extended his characteristic pleas for self-discipline and sacrifice for the national interest into the realm of public opinion. One gathers that his desire for greater newspaper concern with national security was prompted by the press's treatment of the Cuban affair. If so (and the...
The Democratic gamble was known to everyone in Washington: time and again since 1955 the Democrats had rebuffed Dwight Eisenhower's pleas to create more federal judgeships and thus ease the burden on the U.S.'s courts. Last year, the Democrats even turned back Ike's offer...
One of the most serious pleas for action has come from Charles W. Eliot II '20, Professor of City and Regional Planning. Eliot, in a letter in the April 1 issue of the Alumni Bulletin, called for "a plan and program for the future of the Harvard Square area" which...
Taking heed of their rooters' pleas, the Tigers rallied. Pete Campbell converted two fouls, Al Kaemmerlen scored on a rebound, and was fouled. Not settling for one point, the big center missed the free throw and tapped in his own rebound.