Word: enlisting
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...political-action committees will be able to contribute, not corporations and unions. A couple will still be able to give $100,000 per election cycle to national party committees. Small donors become more important, so direct-mail operations will become even more aggressive, and the "bundlers" who can enlist 100 or so donors from their company or union will have even more clout. In place of the coffee for 20 donors who give $50,000 apiece will come the banquet for 500 donors who give $2,000 apiece. The hustle never stops...
...worry that Bush and his veteran advisers haven't awakened to the changes in the European Union since his dad was President. No longer just a trade pact, it now has its own currency and has embarked upon building a rapid reaction force of 60,000 troops, partly to enlist popular backing for the increased defense spending Washington wants too. "It's not just an economic and financial zone, but an ensemble of countries that want to unite in order to manage their affairs better and play a role in international affairs," says a senior French diplomat. But few think...
After a week working for a nongovernmental organization (NGO) in rural Saurashtra, I enlist as odd-job man in a kitchen tent on the outskirts of Bhuj. Not an instinctive volunteer-type, I have no idea why I'm here, just that those images on TV and in the papers demanded more than the routine cash-and-clothes donation. But there's not much time for introspection at the kitchen, run by Girishbhai, a small businessman. We serve two meals daily to quake survivors from nearby camps, anywhere between 150 and 450 people a day. After a couple of days...
...light last week with the release of hundreds of e-mails and other documents at a congressional hearing into the Rich pardon--a scandal that threatens to extend the Clinton era well into George W. Bush's first year. The documents revealed that Rich strategists debated whether to enlist Hillary Clinton in the effort and whether to tap Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel to serve as a "moral authority" in favor of forgiveness. But Republican probers seized on Dozoretz as a potentially important piece in the pardon puzzle--or at least one guaranteed to keep some of the Clintons' friends...
...sprinkled his talk with stories about meeting with Gorbachev, speaking before Midas muffler franchisees and watching the Discovery Channel. A former director of AOL, Powell gave assurances that America's technology-challenged diplomacy would get an upgrade. "I live on the Internet," he said, promising to enlist the aid of some of "my buddies" from the outside world: Steve Case, Andy Grove and Michael Dell. Where Madeleine Albright was known to send big advance teams and require special foods and water when she traveled the world, Powell said, "I'm an easy visitor. I've got no food requirements...