"Give us the tools, and we will finish the job, " he said in a Feb. 9, 1941, radio plea for U.S. aid, quoting Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Sail on, O Union, strong and great!"

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The knock-down price was in aid of charity - following a plea for help from Julien's old school, Twynyrodyn Infants.

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The French president announced Friday evening that French ground and air forces were in Mali to aid government forces, in response to a plea for help.

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