It then asked contributors to describe what they viewed as appropriate behavior for different situations and how their own behavior and those of others compared.

In 1848, unable to choose a winner, the committee asked contributors to vote on their favorite plan.

Like asking current contributors to give me 10 times more than they have in the past.

Solutions forums asked contributors to put themselves in the place of the elderly, in order to understand what accommodations they would want and need from legislation.

We asked contributors to our Summer Fiction Issue to tell us what they're kicking back with this summer.

The New York Times has a policy of asking outside contributors to disclose any potential conflicts of interest, including the financing for research groups.

In other efforts, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut began asking contributors on Monday to give $300,000 by midnight Wednesday.

He has asked contributors and politicians around the country not to commit to other candidates until he makes up his mind - by the end of this year, he said.

Two weeks ago I asked contributors to this blog for your opinion on whether it is appropriate for news presenters to wear religious attire.

Mr. Reuter asked contributors to create 21st-century versions of the folly for suburban scale and use.