Word: soliciters
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Eight of the 12 undergraduates on the committee are form the Houses, two are from Radcliffe, and two represent the Yard. Each of the House representatives will command his own staff of regular entry collectors, who will solicit for every drive...
...many government officials, has favored lending the Monarchists' 39 parliamentary votes to the Christian Democrats on crucial issues, to prevent a collapse that might open the door to the Red Socialists and Communists. Covelli preferred to hold back and gamble that the Christian Democrats would be forced to solicit Monarchist support-for a heavy political price...
...named Masutomi Ito was arrested for bilking thousands of small investors of some $3,000,000 in an investment-trust racket. Swindler Ito spent part of his plunder on such delicacies as broiled eels in Tokyo and an expensive mistress in Kyoto. He admitted that he had continued to solicit funds even after his investment company had gone bankrupt, blandly told police: "If this constitutes fraud, I'm afraid there's nothing I can do about...
Knives & Ice Cream. Without waiting for the government to solicit his services, a fierce, black-bearded giant named Shaban Jafari cruised the polling places through the week with his ragged associates-the Society of Gallant Men-to flex his muscles on behalf of Zahedi candidates. Tough, rough Shaban, who is called the "Brainless One," came out of Teheran's slums, was once Iran's national wrestling champion. In the past he put his brawn to work for Mohammed Mossadegh, and in his behalf used to sack opposition newspaper offices. Now professing loyalty to Zahedi, the man who threw...
...Substantial Benefits." Bob Young swung back with a sweeping blow against the Central and 15 of its directors. He filed suit charging that the directors misused Central funds by hiring a publicity firm (Manhattan's Robinson-Hannagan Associates) to help fight him and by spending company money to solicit proxies for the Central meeting, May 26. Young also charged that four big banks (J. P. Morgan, the Mellon National Bank, First National of New York City and Chase National) were deriving "substantial benefits" from the fact that their heads are Central board members. The railroad itself, Young noted, operated...