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...continued to be active in the Lutheran church until her death in February 2001, but she lost touch with UniLu. Her only remaining connection with the Harvard Square church was the yearly brochure that arrived to inform alumni about recent news in order to solicit contributions, said Warren Himmelberger, a member of the UniLu congregation who had known Edwards during her years with the church...
Instead, filing asbestos claims became a booming industry in its own right, and the estimated number of claimants has ballooned past 1.4 million people. Money-hungry lawyers took a connect-the-dots approach: drum up the standard legal precedents and then solicit clients through local ads or unions (which also sponsored mobile X-ray scans for asbestos-related illnesses). None of this required much investment, and the potential rewards were huge...
...said she will meet in the spring with many student groups, including the council, to solicit information on ways to better serve students. Along with later hours, Leahy also said Lamont would consider providing better wireless internet access within the library...
University President Lawrence H. Summers held two meetings this week to solicit feedback from Faculty members in his search for a new dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
...campaign wants students to circulate petitions and solicit donations, among other canvassing activities. In exchange, the students would take home a hefty portion—fully 40 percent—of the contributions they bring in to the campaign coffers, according to campaign organizer Brian Sandberg...