They mentioned a videotape made two years ago in which Caleigh yelled, "No, mommy, no!" and pleaded for Ms. Duff to put the camera down.
No probing exploration of the "whys and wherefores" is launched; no pressing questions posed to our leaders in Washington; no editorial pleading for an answer; no op-eds dare pose awkward questions.
Good-natured crowds throng round the president's no-frills black Toyota Land Cruiser, pleading for a road or electricity or even food; malnutrition is common.
In a crisis that has seen more than a quarter of a million deaths and half the country displaced, this new form of brutality has Syrians on the ground pleading for a no-fly zone.
Now, before you ask (and leave a seething comment): no, I am not pleading for sympathy with bankers.
If Romney is the nominee, many conservatives could feel marginalized, with no recourse other than pleading for a more conservative running mate.
"We make no bones about special pleading for the importance of supporting the Science Museum Group in a time of public expenditure restraint," she says.
No amount of crying and pleading for my son's life helped.
Intractable tearfulness, sobbing, and pleading for help when no identifiable threat actually exists.
Your honor, I ask no mercy, I plead for no immunity.
He was pleading for time.
