Word: solicited
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...election has therefore been called to end a delicate situation. Ziwar Pasha will attempt under an old electoral law to solicit support for his Cabinet from the electorate. The chances are that he will be successful; the chances are that the result of the election will not mirror the true expression of the people's will. The new election will be held on the electoral college plan and that will give the Government, through its officials, the unrivaled opportunity of influencing the voters in its favor...
...annual Red Cross roll call is now in full swing and will continue to solicit subscriptions until Thanksgiving. The Student Council announced last night that although no canvassing in college dormitories will be done that the drive has its hearty endorsement and that I hoped there would be a creditable number of voluntary contributions...
...efforts toward extension and improvement. At every turn his requests have been denied and his work hampered by an utterly inexplicable passive resistance on the part of the governing powers of the University. He has asked for official cooperation and has been refused. He has attempted to solicit funds and has been expressly forbidden to do so. Why he continues his apparently undesired labors can be explained on no other ground than that of a wish to be of service to his college--an attitude worthy of a better return than has so far been...
Since there are a great many men not living in the dormitories, strenuous efforts will be required by candidates to solicit personally from every member in class if the $5000 required is to be subscribed before April 10. This drive for solicitation of subscriptions from men living outside the dormitories will be carried on vigorously during the next few days...
...cruiser Cincinnati, Captain C. P. Nelson commanding, was in port. General Estrada asked Captain Nelson to land marines to keep order. Captain Nelson wired President Obregon saying he was about to give the desired assistance. Obregon's Secretary of War wired back: "No official is authorized to solicit aid of foreign troops whatever may be the conditions at the port of Acapulco. Such request constitutes . . . treason...