Word: soliciting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...reactions were typical of U.S. visitors to Moscow. She was annoyed by the sloppy workmanship everywhere, by the suffocating snarls of red tape, by one-party ballots which made elections a farce, by the fear of ordinary citizens to speak without looking over their shoulders. She saw prostitutes solicit openly (the Soviet Government proudly claims that it has ended prostitution in Russia), found beggars everywhere, watched black-marketeers operating in public markets...
Bucking serious competition in the form of a Red Cross campaign, 150 student soliciters were termed by Campbell "solely responsible for the sucess of the drive." He pointed out that the weak link in the collections chain was the mailed requests, and that "if we had it to do over again, we would solicit every member of the University personally...
Applications may be filed at PBH next week by those wishing to give blood, with those accepted giving their pint on April 9, 10, or 11 from 12 to 6 o'clock. Men are also needed to solicit donors for the 300-pint quota, and anyone interested may sign up any day next week between 11 and 12 o'clock...
...cannot fill Harvard's high quota, and the campaign will stall unless every commuter and faculty member contributes his share. The fact that the meager contributions of commuters have not kept pace with the general enthusiasm is largely due to an unavoidable technical imperfection in the campaign. Unable to solicit donations by a door-to-door method, the committee relied on individual letters to bring in non-resident funds and has rammed up against the same problem that baflies every charity with a mailing list. Where experts consider a ten percent return on letters average, the Food Relief quota...
...should the men this committee sees fit to name hold such an initial advantage over others who must circulate petitions and solicit signatures on their own behalf to appear on the same ballot?" the statement asked...