Word: enlist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ruled against a soldier who charged the Army with selective prosecution because the military antisodomy law was not being enforced in heterosexual cases. This time, however, Judges William Norris and William Canby sided with openly gay Sergeant Perry Watkins, 39. They said the Army had improperly refused to re-enlist him and marshaled constitutional reasoning that could, if upheld, enable gays to win pleas against all levels of government...
...memo suggested that Meese, now attorney general, enlist top administration officials, including Reagan himself, to persuade the Army to give Wedtech the engine contract...
...destabilization at the hands of Young Turks in the military. The dissidents, members of the Reform the Armed Forces Movement, which was decisive in toppling Ferdinand Marcos, are widely respected and admired for their integrity among Filipino soldiers. But it was plain last week that Honasan had failed to enlist that support effectively in his cause. After the colonel's capture, Ramos said that only twelve dissident Filipino officers and about 90 enlisted men remained on the loose...
...Colored" and "Asian" leaders, "urban middle-class Blacks, traditional Black leaders, and externally, the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom." (p. 23) The government, Huntington wrote, may want to "divide and rule" Black groups, using "fragmentation among Black groups and the rivalry among Black leaders...to enlist some measure of Black support for the reform process...
Peace Corps Director Loret Miller Ruppe has spoken of the Harvard project as a model for other programs around the country. Short-term programs like this one will serve both the Peace Corps and the country at large. The Corps will be able to enlist the technically skilled volunteers it badly needs; more Americans will find public service a viable option...