Word: enlistable
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...week, it was McGovern who seemed to be wavering as he apparently tried to ditch Eagleton without actually informing his running mate directly. They would meet early this week in Washington. But McGovern made no effort to discourage his backers from dump-Eagleton talk, and he tried to enlist the press in getting the word to Eagleton. In stories based on conversations with him but transparently attributed only to "sources close to McGovern," he passed the word that Eagleton should take himself out of contention. Eagleton had damaged the ticket, and he should jump without waiting to be pushed...
...black cassock, visited each of the congregations under his jurisdiction, patiently healing the wounds. "Leave your arguments outside the church door," Athenagoras told them. "You will find them there when you come out." At the same time he was such a staunch U.S. patriot that he tried to enlist in the Army on the day after Pearl Harbor. Athenagoras (and Archbishop Michael, who succeeded him after he was elected Ecumenical Patriarch in 1948) joined other Orthodox churchmen in a campaign for public recognition. Most states now recognize Orthodoxy as a "major faith," and Athenagoras' successors as Archbishop...
...Center a few weeks ago and ran into a crowd of Harvard students protesting the University's Gulf investment, chanting to the effect that "we must hold up the blood-stained banner 'til we die." She asked, "If I were to set up a booth offering a chance to enlist in the Angolese rebel army, how many do you suppose would sign up?" This is somewhat irrelevant, as is black Professor Martin Kilson's insistence that black students should give up their scholarships before demanding action from Harvard which might threaten its investment return. Nevertheless, the connection between such protests...
...opportunity to share in America's modern industrial revolution is one of the major enticements that Nixon will offer. It fits well into his general strategy, which is to seek to enlist the Soviets in undertakings of mutual benefit, so that each side will have a stake in maintaining good relations. As Kissinger put it after his return from his secret trip to Moscow: "We are on the verge of not just success in this or that negotiation, but of what could be a new relationship of benefit to all mankind, a relationship in which on both sides, whenever...
...also once said that McGovern was too colorless a man to enlist the grass roots support necessary to make him a force at the Democratic National Convention. But last week McGovern continued to show surprising organizational strength as his enthusiastic, and mainly youthful, supporters dominated enough party caucuses in Idaho to win 45% of the district delegates, who will select the state's delegation to the National convention. Edmund Muskie got only 17.8% and Hubert Humphrey 5%. McGovern did almost as well in similar caucuses in Vermont, neighboring Muskie's Maine. He appeared to have won about...