Word: solicitation
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...station is aiming to solicit funds primarily from non-profit organizations. Mendleson said, adding "we don't know how much we're going to get, but we're going to give it a shot...
Democrat Steve Severn, who lost his bid for Iowa's Second Congressional District seat in 1980, remembers his first trip to Washington to solicit campaign funds. "I found myself in line with candidates from all over," he says. Each PAC asked the money-hungry hopefuls to fill out multiple-choice questionnaires on issues important to the PAC. If a candidate's views measured up, and he looked like a good shot to win, he got the money. Says Severn: "The process made me sick...
...dividend Harvard seeks for all of this close contact is donations, and that's the role the Harvard Development Office plays. Although local Harvard Clubs often solicit funds from their members for local student scholarships, the development office blankets alumni with waves of solicitation. The office, as a result, has a symbiotic relationship with the other organizations, like the class committees. Because the development office takes care of the bulk of the fund-raising, the other organizations make clear their main purpose is not fundraising...
Since tutors play such a vital role in undergraduate life, it might seem natural to assume that the College has established a rigorous and uniform method for selecting them And since tutors interact so closely with students, it might seem natural to assume that such a selection process would solicit and emphasize student input--but neither assumption is necessarily true...
Such paternalistic management of the Houses, especially in the area of tutor selection, may ultimately prove inimical to students' interests. In the worst cases, failure to solicit student advice may leave Masters hopelessly out of touch with students' academic needs and conceptions of how the House should develop...