Word: solicitation
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...advice of Steptoe, the still anonymous Lesley and John Brown then hired an attorney to solicit bids for their story, insisting that bidders keep the details-including the parents' identity -quiet until the baby was bom. A number of British and American publications submitted bids, among them the Enquirer and a representative of Publisher Rupert Murdoch (the New York Post, the Star and the London Sun). The three U.S. commercial television networks were asked to bid on North American broadcasting rights, but all declined. Finally, on July 9, the Browns accepted a high bid of nearly...
...many businesses will have to raise prices or reduce mailings. Says an official of Sears, Roebuck: "This is just one measure of inflation that is going to hurt everyone." Esquire magazine had planned to mail circulation promotions to as many as 5 million potential subscribers; now it may solicit fewer. Says Financial Vice President Louis Isidora: "It costs us as much to mail as to print the stuff We have a fixed number of dollars to work with. If postage goes up, something has to go down." Publishers fear that rises in second-class mailing rates will force some magazines...
Comstock said last week "it would probably be difficult for RUS to solicit funding from other sources" should the proposal be implemented...
AMBULANCE CHASING. Most modern practitioners are too sophisticated to run after personal-injury victims themselves; instead, they hire private investigators, insurance adjusters and friendly policemen to do so. But some lawyers have been known to "solicit"?scout for plaintiffs ?in class actions...
...group of about ten freshmen began circulating a petition in the Union and the Houses last night calling for postponement of the Faculty's vote on the proposed Core Curriculum in order to inform students of the details of the core curriculum and to solicit student opinion...