Word: enlist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Cohen was able to enlist Democrat Sam Nunn of Georgia, who is respected for his knowledge of defense issues, and Republican Charles Percy of Illinois, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. When Reagan's chief arms-control negotiator, Edward Rowny, protested to Cohen that build-down would only complicate matters in Geneva, the Senator asked: "How about no MX?" Replied Rowny: "I need the MX to get a treaty." Said Cohen: "You need build-down...
...danger of being extinguished in its infancy, and it is not the fault of the partner you might think. Unless Gov. Michael S. Ducks reverses position on the effort to raise the drunk-driving law to 21, he will seriously impair a new opening he has made to enlist students' help in cutting the number of drunk-driving-related deaths in Massachusetts...
...particularly solicitous of student opinions in making policy. Students are young, unorganized, and many are not even registered to vote. It is only the odd public figure who consults with students even on issues that directly affect them. So, it is very refreshing that Ducks has actively tried to enlist students in his new effort to combat drunk driving on roads around college campuses...
...national debate over black civil rights that was anything but decided, King carried the moral credentials of a crusader for a cause that was undeniably just. By peacefully assembling his masses in the nation's capital-and in front of network television cameras-he was able to enlist the sympathy of mainstream America almost in a single day and to win its support in finding remedies for the shame of racial discrimination...
...attempting to enlist community, faculty and student support--and by involving rank and file workers in collective bargaining--Bozzotto and his union have displayed a creative and democratic approach to the problem of maintaining workers' incomes and employment in a time of layoffs and labour wage concessions. They have chosen to go down a rather risky road in presenting Harvard--an employer that has easy recourse to non-union help--with such a militantly determined bargaining stance. The threat of a strike, and the attendant possibility that the University might call in non-union workers, make student support...