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A ball-busting campaign by Jeff Tittel of the Sierra Club was so successful that Assemblyman Green was forced to call in chits and get the Legislature to pass a special law tailored to Plainfield's needs in this particular situation.

Development: Against the cowpie attitude Dan 2007

A ball-busting campaign by Jeff Tittel of the Sierra Club was so successful that Assemblyman Green was forced to call in chits and get the Legislature to pass a special law tailored to Plainfield's needs in this particular situation.

Archive 2007-07-01 Dan 2007

Kaye hasn't been tested under fire and, while some consider Bob Hull out of touch, he can be a fierce campaigner and call in chits he has earned over his years in office.

Interesting Potential Primary 2006

(Pressed for names, Kinsley cites Nicholas Lemann and Michael Lewis -- "" I'm calling chits in on all my friends. '')

Sheafless In Seattle: Will This Cyber Mag Fly? 2008

Thus it was that the vast majority of those who did queue to receive their chits were the needful citizens of the Fifth Class, and the Head Count.

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

It was about calling in diplomatic "chits," as one U.S. official put it, to meet the immediate goal of containing terrorism.

The New Face Of America 2007

How would the wheels go round in the East without "chits"?

A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Elizabeth Kimball Kendall

The fact that she’s calling in her chits is a sign of weakness, not strength.

What the in-play Dems are saying About ObamaCare | RedState 2010

She ordered all household goods by telephone, signed "chits" at the club, kept her bridge winnings loose in a small enamelled box, ready for losing, and, when she went into town, charged on her accounts right and left, and met Bert for luncheon.

Undertow Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923

These 'chits' help one to remember dates; they are little cards presented you when you order soda water or wine, or are solicited for subscriptions to sports or sweepstakes.

From Edinburgh to India & Burmah 1900