Word: enlistable
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...Communist forces move into a small town or hamlet early in the morning and announce their presence. The lightly armed regional government forces flee, usually without a fight, sending a plea for help to the nearest ARVN main force. The Communists lecture the villagers on Red doctrine, then recruit, enlist or impress young men into their army and perhaps levy some instant taxes. Soon the ARVN come to the rescue and, after an intense battle that may last several days and involve heavy air and artillery strikes that virtually level the village, drive the Communist forces...
Some Republicans actually fear that Nixon has hurt more than helped. His wellpublicized, well-financed drive to enlist Democrats for Nixon, they believe, will bring out a lot of ticket splitters who might otherwise have stayed home. Renegade Democrats, they argue, are likely to feel guilty about voting Republican at the top of the ticket and will atone by casting penance votes for other Democrats...
Cooper, hoping to enlist whites who desire change, vows to fight back, but he foresees a potentially divisive struggle. If it comes to that, he is confident that he will prevail, yet fearful that in the process many whites might leave town. In the end, Cooper predicts, the racial dilemma will dissolve because "the whites who remain are going to learn that blacks won't treat them badly...
...veteran of Middle Eastern wars and intrigues, got the Arab side of the story in Beirut. "I did have some trouble getting into the Beirut headquarters of the Palestine Liberation Organization, where I had an appointment," reports Bell. "The place was besieged by young Arabs who were trying to enlist in Black September. They finally let me through, though I don't look much like a fedayeen type." Adds Bell: "I'm more the Winston Churchill type, as was testified to by the Persian mob that nearly lynched me during the Mossadegh days, when Mr. Churchill was distinctly...
...were already in existence; some radio equipment was gathering dust in hospital basements. All that was needed was a way of linking them together. Nor was money a problem. The national highway program, which stresses safety, provided $1.2 million to get things started. Local support proved equally easy to enlist. The state merely set standards for participation in the program (fulltime emergency-room physician, an intensive-care unit, radio communications and a helicopter landing pad); local communities decided which hospitals would be best suited to be trauma centers. Opposition to the plan from local physicians or ambulance operators quickly disappeared...