Word: soliciting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...mind that their movements are traceable." But that potential for criminal abuse has some legislators at the state and even federal level worried enough that the software may be hit within the next few years with laws banning such anonymizing code. "Inevitably, somebody will buy the product and solicit sex with a call girl and then someone will try to pass a law banning it," says Grossman. "Then we'll find out how both the legislators and courts feel." Just a friendly reminder that while we may feel weightless in cyberspace, real-world rules still apply...
Credit card companies aren't worrying about reversing the trend. And at college campuses they solicit hard--trying to trap a gnerally conscientious and high-spending population when it is young...
...Ryder Cup is the greatest and noblest sporting event for three reasons. First, it is rare enough to solicit special interest, but not so rare that it ever slips one's mind. The Superbowl, the NBA finals, and the World Series occur annually: there's always next year. Golfers, however, must wait two long years for another chance. And while the quadrennial Olympics are too remote to impress itself upon one's mind, golfers begin to compete for slots on the next Ryder Cup team as soon as one Ryder Cup ends...
Instead, the women's club plans on postering in the Houses and door-dropping applications to women who attended their barbecue at Lowell House last spring. They will also solicit members through organizations such as the Black Students Association and the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters' Alliance...
Princeton University Health Services makes an effort to increase communication with students through its "Gratitude and Gripe Day," where members of the organization's student advisory board "sit in the student center and solicit commentary from our student patients," Langan said...