Word: requesting
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...members to run in UC elections. The student-run organization “Vote or Die” was created last year in response to the issue of minority representation on the UC. The group supports minority students who run and vote in UC elections.The debate ended with a request that the candidates say one nice thing about the other candidates. “I really like Tom’s accent and Annie’s pink scarf,” said Voith. “Haddock is one of the smartest guys you’ll ever meet...
...paint fast enough to stay ahead of the reader. So a cartoon stand-in for Lendler keeps turning up to urge the reader to slow down for Ned's sake and to please, please not turn the page yet. Now, what youngster can resist defying such a request? The narrative, a standard knight-rescuing-an-imprisoned-princess tale, unravels ridiculously as the overwhelmed Ned is forced to improvise. Tutus are substituted for missing armor, a giant pretzel replaces a dragon, and the hero falls through a hole in a half-drawn floor. Ultimately Ned quits, and a desperate Lendler runs...
Brush accepted the advice of commission chairman Richard V. Scali, who said the disciplinary hearing for hours violations was a poor time to request later hours...
...Parks & Wildlife Commission, Steve Eldridge has a small but growing collection of dna samples waiting to be sent to Wilton. They're to be the start of genetic sampling of dingoes in the Territory where they are protected, though government staff bait pastoral properties at the request of landholders. It's a common story: Eldridge says there aren't the funds or the staff to monitor changes in dingo populations other than as part of baiting programs on properties which are losing stock. "There are a number of buckets of money for pest-animal research but there are so many...
...Right now Mercury ... is in a corner perfectly aligned with my star. Mercury is no good, so if it's not good, I am going to request not to speak." THAKSIN SHINAWATRA, Thai Prime Minister, explaining that he will refuse to take questions from reporters until next year for astrological reasons...