In a legislative alert on its Web site, the N.R.A. asked members to "please express your support for this critically important self-defense legislation" and for "N.R.A.-recommended amendments to these bills in order to make the final product a stronger law".
In addition, it will unite PanAmSat's unconventional marketing skills with the company that makes one in three of the world's fixed communications satellites and owns DirecTV, the leader in American direct-to-home television.By contrast, Intelsat, with 140 member countries to please, is on the defensive.
The eagerness of members of Congress to please their sugar daddies is not surprising.
A second plea on Friday said: "Once again I am asking whoever is faxing the contents of this site to British members of parliament to please stop.
The evening was so relaxed, the wine selection excellent and the youthful staff members so eager to please, that we forgave the pigeon mishap and reveled in the total experience.
The service is impeccable, and all the staff members are anxious to please.
Although this granting of power would have shown Augustus' favor for Agrippa, it was also a measure to please members of his Caesarian party by allowing one of their members to share a considerable amount of power with him.
The object is to please members who do the leaders' bidding and who like to cut ribbons to show that they've done something in Albany.
In the minutes before Howard Dean was to be formally endorsed by Al Gore, last week, at the National Black Theatre, on 125th Street, a representative of the Dean campaign asked members of the media to please keep to the sides in order to make room for paying guests.
By Ben McGrath In the minutes before Howard Dean was to be formally endorsed by Al Gore, last week, at the National Black Theatre, on 125th Street, a representative of the Dean campaign asked members of the media to please keep to the sides in order to make room for paying guests.
