[Ads-l] recruit

Dan Goncharoff thegonch at GMAIL.COM
Sun May 15 22:41:50 UTC 2016


Why is this interesting? This usage has been around all century.
On May 15, 2016 7:54 AM, "Jonathan Lighter" <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> CNN reports confidently that Mark Cuban was "recruited" to run as a
> third-party candidate.  He declined.
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> I.e., "solicited or interviewed for a possible position."
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> JL
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