In contrast to the Special Branch, which has gone to great lengths to understand Muslim communities "in all their complexity", the Home Office has been more concerned to identify and latch on to presentable Muslim interlocutors, solicit from them the right public messages, and reward them with "representative" status, public funding and gongs.
And Mr. Perry has been much more aggressive than any past governor in soliciting money from them.
Why appoint someone who isn't keen to meet the rich and solicit money from them?
He has communicated directly with Super PAC supporters on many occasions, stopping only at directly soliciting funds from them.
Indian children knew Mr. Pai as "Uncle Pai" because he solicited questions from them and answered their letters under that name in Tinkle, a magazine that Amar Chitra Katha published.
Mr. Singer has solicited testimonials from them for Mr. Zinsser's party, and judging from the quality of their E-mail, they know, mostly, how to whack through verbal weeds.
The agency said this was a re-statement of existing rules, but the airlines said the F.A.A. had changed its rules without soliciting comment from them, and they sued.
Mr. Yohai faces a lawsuit by another co-investor who claims he exploited his connections to Mr. Manafort "to meet numerous public figures and celebrities" and solicit investments from them; Mr. Yohai denies the accusations.
Over the last few years, though, Mr. Fluevog hasn't just been presenting ideas about shoes and style to customers; he has also been soliciting ideas from them — encouraging brand enthusiasts to submit their own sketches for leather boots, high-heeled dress shoes, even sneakers with flair.
No one seems to know exactly how much Mills collected during the period in which he was soliciting money from them.
These assertions are completely untrue; Aryn Baker's husband has no connection to the U.S. military, has never solicited business from them and has no financial stake in the U.S. presence in Afghanistan whatsoever.
