[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.
>
> I.e., "solicited or interviewed for a possible position."
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> JL
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> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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