Word: enlisting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...most extreme form the Nazi menace would mean naval and military action in the western hemisphere. A completely victorious Germany would control the Italian navy, possess perhaps important parts of the French and British navies, enlist the natural cooperation of the Jananese, and have at her disposal an array of European shipbuilding facilities incomparably superior to ours. Equally important, the Germans would have become enormously self-confident. Military action then is a real possibility, and it would doubtless be materially-aided in parts of Latin America by the generous cooperation of fifth columnists...
Although over 800 students have done such work this year, Newman pointed out that there is always a need for more workers. An attempt is also being made to enlist Radcliffe girls in order to fulfill a demand for about 100 girls...
...Canadians rejected him because they did not wish to enlist United States citizens in their army, Professor McLaughlin reputedly said...
...roommate, said yesterday that the missing student had sent a telegram to an aunt in Summit, N. J., with the brief message, "Am in army until end of war." The message was sent from Fort de France, Martinique. Presumably Babcock had made his way there in order to enlist under French colors and obtain passage to France...
...undergraduate, too, the new plan poses problems; in his Freshman year he will be asked to enlist for a tough seven-year term which robs him of his last year in college. This program is not for football captains and P. B. H. presidents. Rather it is designed to train a small group of students seriously aiming for Washington -- the future Corcorans and Landises -- to exercise "an intellectual leadership more adequate to the difficulties of the times...