Word: solicitousness
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...There will be no changes in benefits in anycontracts," she said. "We thought these advisorycommittees would be fairly comprehensive...Itseemed a more efficient way to solicit people'sviews...
...outlawed the "gratitude fees" in commercial activity, government operations, education and almost every other aspect of Korean life. The scope of the legislation extends even to "wedding solicitations." By custom, when a couple is to be married, the families of the bride and groom send an announcement to everyone with whom they are even remotely familiar. The real purpose of the announcements, of course, is to solicit money to pay for the wedding...
Vogt said the new committee will study howwomen were integrated into social clubs of othercolleges such as Princeton. He said he welcomedadvice from the College, though the club has noplans to solicit recommendations
Murphy's job is not getting the cheapest buses. If he had chosen the lowest bidder last June, and a driver's negligence caused a serious accident, or if he had ignored campus safety concerns in order to solicit bids, I don't think you would be writing about competition and free markets. Instead, you would be castigating Harvard and Murphy for valuing a few dollars above alumni and student safety...
Competition and bidding are nice, but any organization or executive must decide when the time and effort needed to solicit and compare bids costs more than the potential savings from competition. Also, an organization runs on people. Without small favors, friendly arrangements, and personal discretion, it becomes bogged down in paperwork, standards, rules and committees...