Word: enlist
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...main purpose of the convention -aside from election of officers-was a movement to enlist the support of all Jews, Zionist and non-Zionist, for the construction of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. The movement received practically unanimous endorsement and called upon the World Zionist Congress, which meets in Vienna in August, to accept non-Zionist...
...Doherty. His chief excursions outside of the law have been into military life. He served as a lieutenant in the Spanish American War, at one time commanded the state militia. During the World War, he organized the Sixth Minnesota Infantry and was made its Colonel, only to resign and enlist as a private in the Artillery Corps of the Regular Army where he remained until the end of the War. The job of Solicitor General consists chiefly in representing the Government before the courts in certain more im- portant cases. The Solicitor General makes frequent appearances before the Supreme Court...
...terms under which the concession was granted expressly provided that the Sinclair interests should attempt to enlist the cooperation of the U. S. Government. There seems no reason to doubt that the Bolsheviki hoped to force the U. S. to recognize Russia by making it afford the Sinclair Co. protection. No account was taken of the political theory of the U. S. that no private interest can dictate the foreign policy of the Government at Washington...
Before graduation, however, he left college to enlist in the Union army. He was stationed at Fort Independence where he wrote the class poem which he delivered at class day on a leave of absence. In the army Justice Holmes had a brilliant four years' career. He enlisted as a private and on his discharge in 1864 held the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel...
...CRIMSON essay contest announced elsewhere in these columns should be of interest to every Harvard man. A free trip to Europe--the reward of the successful essay--is not to be had everyday. The nature of the essay, moreover, ought to enlist the best thought of every man who is seriously interested in improving Harvard's facilities as an institution of higher learning...