Word: enlistments
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...extremely pleased that the Houston Fellowship program has become a reality, and that we have been able to enlist such an exceptional student as Ms. Anglade as the first Houston Fellow," he said...
...hard-core activists who remain on the wanted list. The struggle is bound to be bloody. Whatever the army's success rate, armed resistance is not likely to fade away altogether. As Saleh points out, the killing of a Black Panther or a Red Eagle often prompts volunteers to enlist in the cause. "The violence stems from a political problem," he says. "It requires a political solution" -- and that, as Palestinians see it, means a settlement that would bring about Israeli withdrawal from the territories. Yet the very search for a peaceful solution risks more bloodshed: hard-line Palestinians...
...vein, Housing Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer announced that the government was for the moment freezing all public housing starts in the settlements and was determining what to do with thousands of units already begun. Israel hopes its eagerness to make progress on this contentious issue will allow it to enlist Washington's help in delivering the Arabs, instead of Arabs' employing Washington's leverage to put pressure on a recalcitrant Israel...
...some cases the professionals are attempting to channel the energies of the petition workers elsewhere. In many regions Perot's paid staff members are trying to set up in 100 days the kind of support network that has been in place for the major parties for years. One idea: enlist volunteers in an adopt-a-voter program, in which each draws up a list of 25 other potential Perot supporters, ensures that they are registered and monitors the level of their enthusiasm right up to Election Day. Although Perot has criticized both parties for kowtowing to special interests, his campaign...
...wouldn't be mandatory," Wofford says, adding that he hopes to adopt a Kennedy-style appeal to enlist support for the program...