Word: solicitousness
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...alleged crimes were as outrageous as his inflated sense of self, the sort of behavior we expect of Hollywood villains, not Midwestern governors. He was accused not just with conspiring to solicit bribes but with conspiring to solicit bribes from the next President of the United States. He was accused not merely with planning extortion but with trying to force the Tribune Co. to fire editorial writers in exchange for a tax break worth about $100 million. According to authorities, he even threatened to revoke millions in funding for a Chicago children's hospital...
...essentially paying for Jackson's appointment. "I wouldn't put it past someone to be purporting to represent Jesse without authority," Jackson's lawyer James Montgomery Jr. told the Chicago Tribune. Another explanation that could exonerate Jackson: Blagojevich may have invoked Jackson's name as a speculative attempt to solicit payment. That scenario is what Jesse Jackson Sr. believes, telling ABC News that his son was "being tainted by the governor's speculation about his fundraising activities." Jackson Sr. also denied to ABC News that he was the emissary to Blagojevich on his son's behalf, as described...
...consider these questions, it is important to hear as many voices from the Harvard community as possible. Toward that end, we are gathering input from Harvard students through discussion groups and surveys, are hearing from faculty, especially House masters, and will solicit input from our alumni and alumnae in the weeks and months to come. We welcome your thoughts and ideas, so please share them with us by e-mailing house_renewal@harvard.edu...
...first of many mass sit-down Christmas dinners at Madison Square Garden was funded by kettle donations. Despite occasional bans over the years on kettle set-ups outside stores and malls, which sometimes prohibit the bell ringers on the grounds that they block foot traffic and invite others to solicit at entryways, the Salvation Army says it raised $118 million through the program in 2007. (The charity is also in the process of distributing a $1.5 billion donation from Joan Kroc, the wife of the founder of McDonald's, to open community centers around the country.) In the U.S., there...
...lacks), Barber created TV Books earlier this year. Each book is made on demand as orders come in, and “editioned prints and original artworks from its authors” are also available for sale. There is also TV Music, a page that, like the art pages, solicit amateur work as well as work by art star photographer Ryan McGinely and up-and-comer Aurel Schmidt. Most of the work received ends up on one TV subdivision or another. This strange approach is why some have termed the site an “editorial project?...