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He made his announcement just as members of Zanu-PF were visiting Asian countries to drum up support.

Chicony, trying to drum up workers, has taken to sending a bus around Dongguan with a loudspeaker blaring, "Chicony is the best. "

Other colleges, though, are trying to drum up excitement by offering perks that would have been unheard of a generation ago.

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In recent months Mr Fitzgerald had been working his contact list again, trying to drum up support for the latest Chrysler bail-out.

Italian clothing chain Benetton is trying to drum up attention for its flagging brand with ads showing global leaders kissing.

Nail holes are usually sealed with putty, putty has to drum up attention, like a drum up to not, putty will slowly fall out from the inside.

If it needs to, the ruling party can drum up regional support by offering devolution that does not compromise fiscal austerity.

In February, he helped the Yankees tour China with their World Series trophy, trying to drum up interest in Major League Baseball.

Now, Citadel is cold-calling investors, with Mr. Griffin and other executives involved in trying to drum up money.

The lawyers make nothing, but use the service to drum up custom. Clients can test a lawyer's skill before opening their wallets.

But however much support eBay can drum up in Brussels, it is unlikely to distract attention from the forthcoming decision in LVMH's lawsuit.

The president is attempting to drum up the public support for his economic program.

Corporate sponsorship has been proving hard to drum up in these troubled economic times.

We've got to find ways to drum up new business. Our sales have been slipping recently.

Who knows, you might be able to drum up new clients in the soup line.

She declared herself a year ago and has already been on a tour of Asia to drum up support.

Thailand and Macau are also trying to drum up business.

The idea excited him so much that he booked a passage on a ship and sailed to New York to drum up support for it.

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President Aquino failed to drum up much support for the proposal during the Asean and East Asia summit meetings.

Local officials have been traveling to Brazil and China over the past two years to drum up yet more business.

The lawyers make nothing, but use the service to drum up custom.

It said it would drum up supply and crack down on hoarders and speculators.

Watch industry-folk pound the pavement in New York City as they try and drum up modern business in a primitive way.

The former freight-driver is criss-crossing the country in her red Ford Focus and using social media to drum up support.

They were unable to drum up enthusiasm for the new policies.

It's formulae, O Maestro of Latin, and if you don't drum up some business, you aren't going to need those new spells for much of anything.

In June, Medvedev traveled to Silicon Valley to drum up investment for a high-tech center the Kremlin is building outside of Moscow.

For their part, revolutionaries sent agents and lobbyists to the US try to drum up support in different sectors of American society.

The first priority of the regulator is not to drum up business, but to make the City safe and stable.

The others, including James "Doc" Bradley, whose son's book is the basis for the film, are sent home to drum up enthusiasm for war bonds.

It has become almost impossible for Ireland's banks or government to drum up funding through traditional market sources.

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders.

All year, officials have been urging government agencies to drum up programs to mark the anniversary.

"We send out emissaries to every major international sporting event to drum up interest, " said Luc Charpentier, from the local council.

During a campaign, active supporters of a party ask voters who they will vote for and try to drum up support for their own candidates.

One year ago, the car dealer tried to drum up buyers by offering good services. Now, his business is thriving.

Some retailers have even given gift cards away in an effort to drum up business.

The book was designed to present the emerging country to foreigners, largely to drum up business.

You were hired to drum up new business, so go and do it.

During the season of Christmas each year, traders use their tricks to drum up their business.

Contrary to popular belief, telemarketing is an excellent way to drum up business and build up customer awareness.

Chase disqualified some charities without being transparent as to why. Allegations of fake profiles being created to drum up votes.

Nearly all new hotels offer a low introductory rate to drum up business, which can offer a significant savings.

Itis implausible that Goldman tried to drum up public interest.

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The Democrats only managed to drum up enough signatures to force six of the Republicans to face the voters again, on August 9th.

For now, Verizon has halted new investment in fibre while it tries to drum up more customers for FiOS.

That would certainly get more press than even Jennifer Lopez could drum up.

The UN launched a major airlift and tried to drum up donor support.

One year ago, the car dealer tried to drum up buyers by offering good services.

Manufacturers are offering big discounts to drum up business.

Bush, Clinton also spearheaded an effort to drum up private donations following the 2004 Asian tsunami.

It is implausible that Goldman tried to drum up public interest.

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This week's demonstration was designed to drum up interest in the platform.

Chinese staff will drum up business from local branches.

They are in town to drum up resources for the mainland's travel enthusiasts.

Wizzit hired and trained over 2, 000 unemployed people, known as Wizzkids, to drum up business.

We'll have to drum up more support for business.

I don't think that politician can drum up much support with all his speeches.

Former employees can also act as useful recruiting agents and help to drum up new business.

He had flown to the north of the country to drum up.

We could not drum up enough boys to make a football team .

But it's a lot of work to drum up that much foreign business when you pour lead and melamine into all your products.

Let's try to drum up some more business.

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Indeed, the G20 will try to drum up more money for infrastructure as part of what it called the Seoul Consensus.

I have opted to live a life of complete honesty. So instead, I go out and drum up some business and draw cartoons.

He is also finding new ways to drum up advertising, such as introducing a business column sponsored by a local bank.

Many people also use this kind of opportunity to drum up business for their side passions.

That is a self-serving argument, since such tactics also drum up sales, but not necessarily a false one.

We should drum up enthusiasm for the work.

Ashley, would you please add the new announcement to the web site, see if we can't drum up some more business?

In order to drum up more business, he ran some ads.

I have just started in a new role to drum up clients for a corporate consultancy.

Drum up the courage to temporarily disconnect. (The possibility of there being a terrible emergency in the next hour or so is almost nil. )

Mr. Nath has recently been to Hong Kong and Tokyo trying to drum up interest from other big investors.

He stopped at the University of Hong Kong to drum up some help to sample chicken droppings in the market.

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