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...begging for contributions-for L'Unita, for the funeral of persecuted citizens of some country I don't know, for help for jailed comrades, for comrades who have just got out of jail, or for a gift for Comrade Secchia [Italy's No. 3 Communist]. They solicit contributions for Indo-Chinese comrades, for Chinese guerrillas, for bigger cooperatives, for a stronger Federation of Labor, for the rent for cell'meetings, for striking French miners and all kinds of other causes. Last year I paid out 25,000 lire [$40] in contributions. How can I possibly give...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Workers of the World, Give | 3/15/1954 | See Source »

Cell 28 was black and dirty, smelling rather strongly of the prostrate man on the one steel bench. A couple of cells down were two women, also drunk, who were attempting to solicit the attention of the guards who walked up and down the dingy corridor. Some other drunks added to the babble in the cell block...

Author: By H. E. Edmunds, | Title: Riot in Cell 28 | 3/8/1954 | See Source »

...solicit good athletes," said Henry, "but if an exceptional athlete happens along we surely won't turn the other...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Red Tape Marks Admissions | 2/26/1954 | See Source »

...moved to a four-room suite in Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria Towers. As he headed North, he fired one more shot at White, demanding that he "get back to running the railroad or resign." Meanwhile, both sides prepared proxy statements for the Securities & Exchange Commission, got ready to solicit proxies in preparation for the Central's annual meeting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RAILROADS: The Search for Aunt Jane | 2/22/1954 | See Source »

Requests for funds to finance a Bermuda trip for the varsity have not been sent out as yet. Dean Robert B. Watson granted permission to solicit aid over two weeks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lacrosse Men May Go to Florida Instead of Bermuda Next Month | 11/27/1953 | See Source »

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