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Council representatives and others involved in the ad hoc committee will solicit signatures for the petition in all dining halls Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week...
Ishaq Khan hinted he would not automatically bypass Bhutto: "I think a woman Prime Minister might be a good change." In the male-dominated Muslim society of Pakistan, it would be an astonishing one. That did not daunt Bhutto. She immediately set out to solicit coalition partners. By Thursday night she claimed, "We already have a simple majority in the parliament." But Nawaz Sharif is also scrambling to assemble a majority, and likewise predicts he will succeed...
Sullivan also criticizes the Cambridge Homeowners' Association, which sponsored the petition, for using paid temporary employees who were ill-informed about the proposition to solicit signatures...
...fresh burst of nonfiction programming -- news shows, pseudo news shows and other "reality" fare -- has rediscovered those old reliables of tabloid journalism, sex and violent crime. America's Most Wanted, the highest-rated show on the Fox network, and Unsolved Mysteries, which joined NBC's schedule this month, solicit viewer help each week in tracking down fugitives. The syndicated magazine show A Current Affair, drawing good ratings on 125 stations, goes for the gut each night with stories on crime and celebrity scandal. Typical subjects on Fox's The Reporters, a tabloid version of 60 Minutes, range from a grandmother...
...candidate and gifts to multiple candidates in federal races that can total no more than $25,000 a year. Companies are not allowed to contribute directly to campaigns, but they, along with labor unions and other organizations, can set up political-action committees that solicit donations from employees or members and give the money to selected politicians. A PAC can donate no more than $10,000 to one campaign, but contributions of that size could conceivably be made to every presidential contender and all of the candidates for the 535 seats in Congress. With so many opportunities to give, PACs...