Word: solicited
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That ended my correspondence with President Bok, though not with Dr. Bok. After the publication of her books on Lying and Secrecy and following the appearance of her article on the Op-Ed page of the New York Times on the dangers of secrecy. I wrote to solicit her support--given her strongly felt views about these matters--in changing Harvard's secrecy policy. Neither in her books nor in her many articles has Dr. Bok ever mentioned that policy. I appreciate the reasons for her reticence, but since they do not apply to me and since I feel that...
...aides are so eager for advice that they solicit it from political reporters. When a TV correspondent suggested that Hart counter Mondale's "Where's the beef?" line by displaying his book A New Democracy between buns, Hart produced a "bookburger" at the very next stop. When another correspondent complained that Hart's neckties were too pale for TV and suggested he "wear red," the candidate began sprouting red ties...
Hoping to step up enrollment, members of the Residential Committee of the Undergraduate Council have been making last minute efforts to publican the meal plan and to solicit sign-ups from various groups, such as athletes, who will be on campus over vacation, committee chairman Kelly L. Kiegar '85 said yesterday...
...council is seen by most students as an amorphous mass," said Vice-Chair Brian R. Melendez '86, adding that members themselves do not make enough of an effort to inform constituents of council activity or solicit suggestions from students...
From the student perspective, however, the view is considerably more mixed. Since the dean search began last May, it has been clear that President Bok was not going to have much time or inclination to solicit student opinions on this important appointment. Save for a Bok luncheon with a few selected student leaders last fall, the whole affair was entirely excluded from the province of this large Harvard constituency...