Martino acknowledged that he had not seen M.L.S. games, or studied the league, before he was approached about working in it.
According to a magazine executive at a competing company with direct knowledge of the discussions, a creative director at his company was approached about working in a similar role for Glamour, and told that the post would report to Ms. Wintour, not Cindi Leive, the magazine's editor.
Parrish explained to Rosenblatt that when he was approached about working for Philip Morris, he didn't have any big moral qualms; having represented the company in the highly publicized trial, he knew the issues, and he also knew he liked the people who worked there.
PAC: [Laughs] We are having a lot of people approach us about work.
He approached Mr. Bryant about working together on his idea for an absurd road rally.
Cynthia H. Clegg, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Southeastern Connecticut, said Pfizer officials had approached her about working with small businesses that are interested in doing business with Pfizer.
In 1981, when Mr. Thomas approached me about working for him, I was an associate in good standing at a Washington law firm.
The films have always had female fans, she said, but it tended to be men who approached her about working on the next set of films.
It was Mr. Wright who approached him about working for TNT, which led to Mr. Devlin's making the network's two Indiana Jones-inspired "Librarian" features.
It was while Joseph was mired in the loss of his brother that Knowles, who had approached him about working on other projects before, though nothing had quite gelled, spoke to him about making a film linked to her new album, a story of infidelity, the gathering and shattering of trust.
