So they are making more aggressive pitches than ever for donations of single works and whole collections, and boldly invading the "territory" of other institutions to do so.

What he got was an aggressive pitch to dine elsewhere.

For years, card companies have been criticized for aggressive pitches to college students and offers of free T-shirts and other perks for opening accounts.

Ms. Fields's aides, however, said they were taking a lesson from the Messinger campaign, which they do not believe, backed by press accounts of the race at the time, made an aggressive pitch toward women until late in the campaign.

He made an aggressive pitch for unrestricted free agent center Mats Sundin with a two-year, $20 million offer.

At the nearby Morris Heights Health Center, he was known for his aggressive but friendly pitch for referrals.

The Texas Governor departed from his standard text to make an aggressive pitch to the computer titans in the room, a group with growing influence that both political camps are wooing.

The catalogue is the state's aggressive new pitch to find them homes.

Alerted to a particularly aggressive pitch from Taiwan, Representative Harley Staggers of West Virginia has introduced the American Flag Fidelity Act; it would halt all imports.

Republicans are making an aggressive pitch this year for the Hispanic vote, long seen as reliably Democratic, in part because Mr. Bush has been successful in winning Spanish-speaking voters in Texas.