Word: solicits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Zone" offers this forced convergence of "high" and "low" humor, which is too naturalistic to be absurd and too pregnant with symbolism to pose as farce. The "high" humor of the Devil as Angel finds expression in a scene in which an Old Man and an Old Woman solicit his aid in bringing their daughter back to life. The sarcastic expose of superstition is vitiated by a focus on the campy quaintness of the old couple and the vulgarity of their revivified daughter (Alaina Warren). The mixing of styles proves particularly annoying in Felder's early appearances as the Devil...
...Peru solutions derived from Peruvian reality." There is evidence too that the Soviets are being wary about writing mortgages on some of the new political experiments. One story has it that last fall, when Bolivia's Ovando seized power, a delegation of leftists journeyed to Buenos Aires to solicit Soviet aid from a senior Russian diplomat. The reply, perhaps apocryphal but entirely plausible, was: "Anyone who wants us to take on responsibility for Bolivia is an enemy of the Soviet Union...
...pursuit of this goal, Ongania began to solicit the support of the labor unions, many of which are still dominated by the totalitarian principles of the long-deposed Juan Peron. Ongania's appeal to the unions and entrepreneurs angered the army generals, who consider themselves the guardians of Argentina's welfare. At a meeting last month the generals barraged the President with complaints about his dictatorial designs. When one young general complained of a "lack of dialogue," Ongania replied, "But we are having a dialogue now." "We are not," snapped the general. "You are lecturing us, and besides...
...Detroit they held the "First Annual Convention on Corporate Responsibility." It was more like a rally than a convention, but it made plain that G.M. was only a test case. Other social critics are entering the proxy wars, notably Saul Alinsky's "Proxies for People," which plans to solicit proxies from foundations, union-welfare funds and other groups and to use them to pressure corporations into more diligently pursuing social goals. Alinsky calls his technique "mass ju-jitsu"; he is so sure of success that he confidently promises future corporate annual meetings will have to be held in Yankee...
...stamp out the world's oldest profession. One reason is that prostitutes' customers, including some of the capital's hordes of visitors, are easy prey to mugging as an unexpected part of their transaction. One common police technique involves male plainclothesmen, who arrest girls who solicit them. For the past three months, Washington has been reversing the process by using three female decoys to catch the male customers...