[Ads-l] The President conversates:

[Yagoda, Ben]

"Get" is a longstanding noun in both broadcasting (elusive interview subject) and tennis (difficult ball to reach). 

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> On Jan 12, 2017, at 10:13 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Ask as a noun has been common in the nonprofit world for about a decade. It
> may go back earlier in more general sales talk.
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>> On Jan 12, 2017 8:24 PM, "Wilson Gray" <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> "I do have one final _ask_ of you as your President..."
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>> That's right up there with
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>> "5 blogs worth your _follow_."
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>> As a Canadian buddy says, "What the hell, eh?"
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>> --
>> -Wilson
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>> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
>> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
>> -Mark Twain
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