Word: enlists
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John Anderson's agonizing and protracted search for a vice president also testifies to the growing importance of the number-two man during a campaign. In his attempt to enlist a well-known running mate who could help revive his faltering campaign, Anderson approached Boston's Mayor White, former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, and New York Governor Carey. at the same time gaining much media coverage while political analysts speculated on his eventual choice. Anderson's failure to attract a nationally-known vice president--he finally selected Patrick Lucey, former Governer of Minnesota--lost him an opportunity to resuscitate his campaign...
...Anderson canvassers will remind students to file for absentee ballots, and will enlist support for the "Run for Anderson," a fundraising "jogathon" this Sunday, Fortinsky added...
...Soviets accuse the U.S. of insensitivity to their legitimate security interests, and they claim that those interests are endangered by the new mood of militancy in the U.S. "Your desire to control the oil-producing areas of the world is driving a frantic effort to enlist other countries in this region to that goal," says Bykov. "What is so often forgotten in the U.S. is that for us, that area is on our doorstep. The situation is similar to what might arise south of the Rio Grande; America would certainly be sensitive to instability on its borders...
...child, Paul Barns used to love listening to his father talk about his days in the Navy during World War II. Those stories, as well as the posters urging JOIN THE NAVY AND SEE THE WORLD, persuaded Barns to enlist in 1970 at 17. See the world he did: trained in the maintenance of ship communications systems, Barns traveled to the Middle East and Taiwan. "I really felt good about myself," he recalls...
...really who is overrepresented in the military but rather who is not serving in the military. I think that the middle class and upper middle class of America also have a duty to defend this country. When you depend more and more on lower economic groups to enlist in the services, you are setting the stage for a gradual deterioration of patriotism...