Word: solicited
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...evidence suggests that the aging Ayatollah continues to solicit views from a variety of cleric and non-cleric representatives of political institutions and even some cleric outside the government, notably his son, Ahmed. When the Imam feels strongly about an issue, he makes the ultimate decision, which is binding on all, regardless of the advice of some or even all his aides. When he does not, he may delegate limited authority to others, as in the case of the 1981 U.S. hostage crisis, where he let the legislature resolve the matter...
More than 20 members of the two organizations have worked since November 3 to solicit the donations in House dining halls, said Jeff Behrens '89, president of the Harvard-Radcliffe Democrats...
Members of the 350th Committee will solicit contributions for the plaque from students in the undergraduate dining halls and at football games and concerts by student performing groups, Epps said. He added that he hopes to dedicate the plaque on November 21, the Friday before the Yale game...
...moving and shaking for Harvard in Cambridge, Boston and across Massachusetts, O'Neill has a happy marriage, a seven-year-old daughter, Leigh, and a large extended family. "She has the greatest capacity for juggling that I've ever seen," her husband says. "I solicit her advice professionally, because she's smarter than I am," he says...
Although they plan to solicit from all MIT alumni, group leaders said they will first target specific groups, such as the Committee to Aid Non-registrants, an alumni fund that gave money to MIT students who did not register for the draft...