Upon learning of Rainilaiarivony's living situation in Algiers, Le Myre de Vilers privately lobbied the French government for better accommodation.

Many of United's competitors, large and small, lobbied publicly and privately against giving it federal assistance.

- The US privately lobbied to block an Iranian scientist's appointment to a key position on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

By 1935, Trenchard privately lobbied for Hankey's removal on the grounds that the nation's security was at stake.

Mr. Pataki, focused on his re-election effort, has been less active than usual in privately lobbying and publicly exhorting the Legislature to action.

Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the Soviet Union all privately lobbied the Syrians to give Mr. Bush a positive answer that would then put Israel in a corner.

Thơ's appointment was not universally popular, with some leading figures privately lobbying for a clean break from the Diệm era.

Some black writers and journalists have gone so far as to privately lobby with their colleagues against even writing about the book.

Lord Ashcroft and Richard S. Bodman, who have been criticized as having possible conflicts of interest, are privately lobbying the other board members to change their votes, the people said.

In line with his reputation for promoting his state, Playford also privately lobbied the Liberal government in Canberra on behalf of the state Labor administration for more infrastructure funding.