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...this month when Turkey prepared to invade the island rather than allow enosis-the union of Greece and Cyprus. Putting his prestige as an international mediator on the line, Johnson conferred first with Inönü. A wizened, wily little old man, Inönü tried to enlist U.S. support for the Turkish plan to partition Cyprus, and had no basic objection to Johnson's suggestion that the Greeks and Turks settle their differences in bilateral talks...
Rislcy Meeting. The boys could hardly have relished the task. In the three months that the Reading newsboys' rebellion had been brewing, the papers' management has shown no disposition to recognize, much less meet with, the other side. Against this resistance, Ronny Haan has been able to enlist the names of only 300 of the papers' 1,000 carrier boys in the cause...
...beginning of an active commitment, then the contribution has been valuable. Influencing the southern whites will obviously be a long process with dubious results. Official integration is only the first step in overcoming the material and spiritual effects of generations of prejudice. The harder task will be to enlist southern participation in this cause. As in any social revolution, such a change will be most effective only when it has a local motivation, and is not imposed...
Bernays hopes to use the letter to enlist the support of key legislators in the battle to approve two bills that would delay construction of the underpasses. He said that the letter was currently the most powerful weapon in the anti-underpass arsenal...
...Politicians, as they've come to be categorized, and scholars have much to learn from one another," Schlesinger continued. "Our purpose now must be to enlist young Americans and young people the world over in the understanding and practice of democratic political life and public service...