The young woman is happy to explain, however indeed, so reassuring is her recollection of the facts that he pleads with her to stay.

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While the prime minister has seemed panicky as he pleads for trust, the Conservative leader's lack of charisma has come to look like integrity.

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Criminal-defense lawyers who aren't involved in the case say Mr. Hayes is likely to try to strike a deal in which he pleads guilty to fraud charges.

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He pleads guilty and is sentenced to life in prison.

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No matter how Mr Holmes pleads, he could still be convicted.

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An old woman asks that he share his meager meal, or a beggar pleads for a coin.

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What Pollack neglected to mention in the 2006 article was that the same activists who had opposed and obstructed "agbiotech" relentlessly for 20 years were suddenly whining about the "hype" and "over-selling" of its benefits--rather like the teenager convicted of murdering his parents who pleads for mercy from the judge because he's an orphan.

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During one of those notable confrontations, Tsotsi threatens to kill an equally helpless invalid in the course of a squalid holdup, but he's befuddled, once again, by the passion with which the man pleads for his life.

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If the former student pleads not guilty by reason of insanity, it would extend the proceedings while he is evaluated by state mental health officials.

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