It was a case of police entrapment, common in those years, but instead of pleading no contest to avoid a public trial, as homosexuals usually did, Mr. Jennings, at Mr. Hay's insistence, went to trial with a lawyer hired by Mattachine, and swore that yes, he was homosexual, but no, he had not solicited.
But few of us feel comfortable at sea, and so instead of pleading agnosticism, as we probably should, we tend to side with those experts whose opinions support our ideological prejudices.
Instead of pleading for domestic harmony, Sarah Wyndham was pitching for it.
** Instead of pleading for domestic harmony, Sarah Wyndham was pitching for it.
Wouldn't it be fantastic if instead of pleading for hedge funds on Radio 4's Today programme as Johnson did last week, he went into bat for, say, more resources for our financially pressed but brilliant universities and research teams.
There are plenty of luxury hotels in Paris and many people were wondering why Gael Monfils was not retiring to one Wednesday night instead of pleading for his five-set match to be played into darkness.
As a follower of Martí, I believe the hour has come to take our rights and not beg for them, to fight instead of pleading for them".
So instead of pleading my case, let me simply say, "Damn, you Mr. Scissorhands and congratulations, sir. Enjoy your damn playlist, you sexy beast".
But instead of celebrating the return of the Rams, the disgraced ex-manager, now 43, is facing six months in jail after pleading no contest to one felony conflict-of-interest count in what prosecutors have described as a wide-ranging corruption scandal.
But instead of offering a general critique, let us consider briefly some of the philosophers who, in attacking modern aesthetics, have explicitly pleaded for the inclusion of the sexual within the domain of aesthetics.
Shareholders can withhold their vote, but, instead of needing a majority of shareholders, most firms need only one vote from one friendly shareholder to ensure a director's election.Other than pleading with the board, the only way shareholders can hope to get alternative candidates elected is to mount a "proxy fight".
