Word: enlistable
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...trip began in Egypt, by far the most populous (36 million) and most powerful of the Arab countries and the one that took the lead in softening the Arabs' implacable hostility toward Israel. President Anwar Sadat gambled his political future on the belief that he could enlist American support in working out a lasting settlement with the Israelis. Because the 48½-hour visit of the presidential party had such great symbolic value for the Egyptians, it was carefully conceived and staged like a triumphal pageant, an exercise in diplomatic theater...
...Vietnamese launched their Easter offensive in 1972. The Communist onslaught created "a sense of panic in the White House" that the Saigon regime might collapse. Kissinger, who went to Moscow in April to set up Richard Nixon's May summit with Soviet Party Leader Leonid Brezhnev, tried to enlist Russian aid in containing the North Vietnamese drive. During his visit, Kissinger told the Russians that the U.S. would no longer insist on withdrawal of all North Vietnamese troops from the South after a cease-fire-a stunning reversal of the previous U.S. position...
Public interest activist Ralph Nader brought his campaign for nuclear power safety to Harvard yesterday, criticizing the Harvard community for non-involvement in an effort to enlist support for his "scenario on how to defeat nuclear energy and open avenues to geothermal and solar energy...
...polar set-up on the NFL, CFL and the lesser WFL (Very similar to the U.S., Soviet Union, China big three line-up). Among these last three there has been a constant battle to recruit and sign-up college talent which closely resembles the scramble among superpowers to enlist lesser nations on their sides, often through devious alliances...
...told him that $200,000 of the gift should be made in cash. Vesco went on to depict the President and himself as victims of a vague political conspiracy and said that three prominent members of past Administrations had attempted six months before the Watergate break-in to enlist his help in bringing down Nixon. Cronkite failed to ask their names; indeed, the questioning was rather gentle. When Cronkite did ask pointedly if Vesco had ever personally discussed his gift or SEC problems with the President, Vesco allowed a pregnant pause and then feigned deafness...