Word: solicitousness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pressure this puts on senior gift committee members to solicit is matched only by the pressure it puts on their friends to give. It is one thing to say no when the Red Cross calls you on the phone as part of a huge, virtually anonymous solicitation list. It is quite another thing entirely to say no when your roommate, blockmate or best friend asks you for money. Harvard knows this well and the Senior Class Gift operates under this assumption. I have many friends who have said, "I didn't want to give and I wasn't planing...
...task force plans to solicit suggestions from administrators, faculty and students on how to improve the service, said Towne, who sits on the committee. In particular, the members of the task force will focus on questions of punctuality, reliability, and route coverage, she said...
Galper said HARK will soon solicit faculty and student signatures for letters asking the Bush Administration to increase humanitarian aid to the Kurds. HARK volunteers began the drive by tabling at various houses last night...
...Work Force also plans to solicit grants from the private sector to reach the $320,000 it needs to survive another year, and Swanger said he will appeal to the federal and state governments for long-term support...
While Congress debated, the White House continued to canvass for votes. On Thursday the President called in 17 Senators, including seven Democrats, to solicit their support. Next morning, more than 100 members of the House mushed through a snowstorm to a White House breakfast at which the President pleaded for their backing. Said Bush: "The last, best chance for Saddam Hussein to get the message is in your hands." To counter pro-sanctions arguments, CIA Director William Webster sent a letter to the Hill asserting that even if the embargo remained in place for six months to a year...