Word: pleading
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sierra Club International Assembly in Ann Arbor, Mich., and the players are Bill Oliver and Glen Waldeck, the poets of preservation and the unofficial troubadours of the U.S. environment movement. All across the country, at conferences and campfires and on campuses, the two minstrels denounce development and pollution and plead for the rescue of endangered animals. Their music never hits the Top 40, but many a member of the Sierra Club or the National Audubon Society can hum their tunes and recite their lyrics by heart. To thousands of nature lovers, Oliver and Waldeck are to environmentalism what Bob Dylan...
JUST like trying to nail Jello to a tree, it is difficult to pin down the argument against randomization. In one instant, opponents of randomization contend that the house system is just fine as it is: "We're all diverse here." And in the next instant, they anxiously plead against a system that a could land them in--God forbid--Adams or Kirkland...
...with the young women who arrive with their even more youthful offspring and thus escape for an hour or so into exceptionally vigorous relaxation. It is my strong impression that their young are free from any serious risk and are otherwise of no trouble or embarrassment to anyone. I plead strongly for a reconsideration of the rule which precludes what is surely a welcome escape from maternal routine. Walburg Professor of Economics Emeritus
Morris's attorney said his client would plead "not guilty" to the charges...
Morris's attorney said his client would plead "not guilty" to the charges...