Word: enlistable
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There are four way to join the Army; the most common, of course, is getting drafted. It's not a good idea to enlist; the enlistee is a member of the Regular Army rather than the Army of the United States, and the President can keep him in as long as he likes. Many soldiers who enlisted for two years have been kept for three; though that isn't being done this year, it may if the Korean War gets worse. Draftees cannot be kept for three years except by act of Congress...
...recruiters fool you: the Army is hard up for officers and you don't have to enlist to be one. If you don't like waiting around and want to go into the Army on a specific month, just ask your selective service board and they'll be glad to draft you earlier...
...Economic and Social Council of the United Nations had earlier called on the Secretary General to enlist the aid of universities in his studies of various tax systems...
...Perspective. Ike saluted the Legion for its long fight against subversion and offered to enlist in such a fight "for the duration." Having stressed the imperative of routing subversion, he put the political issue of Joe McCarthy in its proper perspective. "You have done your work," said Ike warmly, "without recklessly injuring the reputations of innocent people...
Frau Funk petitioned Chancellor Konrad Adenauer to grant them amnesty and was trying to enlist the support of some politicians in Bonn and of Cardinal Jo seph Frings, archbishop of Cologne. Busy with signing the peace, West German officials took little note of her plea...