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Word: solicited (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...contract, as an "accommodation" to the Union, the operators "upon the request of any employe will receive from [him] on payday, at a point convenient to the pay office and transmit to the district [union] treasurer, an amount not in excess of $1 per month." The operators decline to "solicit or compel contributions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Coal Peace | 7/28/1930 | See Source »

...worry-we real Americans are with you! What's more, for each of the " discontinuances" published in TIME of April 7, I will solicit-and get-twelve new subscriptions for you. And for God's sake and the sake of the U. S.-keep up the work! W. MARO WESTON JR. Boston, Mass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 21, 1930 | 4/21/1930 | See Source »

Many a motorist has been warned against picking up unknown characters along the road. Wisconsin first passed a law making it an offense not only for a hiker to solicit a hitch but for a motorist to pick him up. Other states with laws aimed only at the hitchhiker: Maine, New Jersey, Minnesota, District of Columbia. Athens, Ga., passed a municipal ordinance to prevent University of Georgia students from begging rides into Atlanta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANSPORTATION: Hitch Hikers | 4/7/1930 | See Source »

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