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Word: pleasingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Then the hostage drama was suddenly, even suspiciously, over. Despite the strongest U.S. pleas to a close ally, it seemed that the killers were about to escape scot-free. All the anger and revulsion that Americans felt at that prospect were summed up by U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Nicholas Veliotes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terrorism: The U.S. Sends a Message | 10/21/1985 | See Source »

Despite pleas by local officials and some students, the Faculty Senate at the University of Massachusetts voted Thursday against establishing a jail on campus.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UMass Votes Down On-Campus Jail | 10/19/1985 | See Source »

As Black South Africans understandably lose faith in the effectiveness of the non-violent philosophies of Boesak, Tutu and the rest, younger activists like Stephen Tshewete are gaining greater followings. A former prisoner who has urged that township unrest be brought into white areas, Tshewete's impassioned pleas are becoming...

Author: By Rebecca K. Kramnick, | Title: Digging Your Own Grave | 10/3/1985 | See Source »

Nineteen years to the day before the two attorneys made their final pleas to the jury, Claus and Martha ("Sunny") von Bulow were married in a small ceremony in New York City. If the defendant was aware of the irony, he did not show it. While his lawyer depicted him...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Summing Up: Von Bulow awaits the jury | 6/17/1985 | See Source »

Ronald Reagan showed last week that beneath his affable facade beats the heart of an exasperated politician. At a meeting at the White House, the President once more called upon a group of Republican legislators to support his Administration's request for aid to the Nicaraguan rebels, known as the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Central America a Pounding Fist, a Firm Warning | 6/3/1985 | See Source »

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