Word: enlistable
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...Hearing from Rep. John Conyers that no member of Congress had read the complete Patriot Act before voting for it, he hires a Mister Softee truck and patrols downtown D.C. reading the act to members of Congress over a loudspeaker. Toward the end, he tries to get Congressmen to enlist their sons in the military. Surprise: no volunteers...
...this week--and for weeks to come--we will talk about Tillman, who went out of his way to discourage such conversation. All soldiers give up something when they enlist. Tillman didn't want to hear that the career he left behind was any more important. But now that he's gone, he will be singled out, for a while anyway. Not just because he was one of the few famous faces in an all-volunteer Army that doesn't attract many. But because his sacrifice can stand for those made by all the others. And because we wonder...
...while most face the task of pairing Ralph and Paul on their own, others enlist the assistance of men whose business is to pick pleats and tweak inches off inseams. Luke Mountain, a wardrobe consultant at a high end men’s boutique, Louis Boston, says getting the right look is not about following outer trends as much as harnessing one’s intuitions. “Clothing is very personal,” he says. “It’s really about expressing yourself and molding an image.” According to Mountain...
...desire to enlist in the new Corps must be 18 at the time of their enlistment, but not over 45 at the time of their graduation. Not more than 20 per cent of the quota assigned to a given institution may consist of students under the age of 18 who have agreed in writing to enlist in the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps when they attain the age of 18. Physical requirements remain unchanged...
...main interests are still U. S. History before 1860 and Christopher Columbus, to hear him talk one would think that life consisted solely of sailing, horseback riding, and the tinkle of slender glasses filled with wine. Back in 1917 Professor Morison talked differently. The call to arms saw him enlist as a private, and though he never got beyond Camp Devens, the Army furnished him with at least one good war story. He recalls with a grin a fellow New Englander who could never resist a playful jab at the soldier-scholar. "We have two Ha-ava-ad men here...