Word: enlisted
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...economic- reform plan endorsed by the congress last week. The program includes giving greater authority to plant managers and holding down wages to help beat inflation. Jaruzelski also hopes to boost exports to aid in repaying some of Poland's $31 billion foreign debt. He would like to enlist the aid of the U.S. as well. But a resumption of normal relations is unlikely, since Warsaw refuses to meet the U.S. demand for a "national reconciliation" that would recognize the opposition and end human-rights abuses...
...three years, said Walker, he spent a great deal of time trying to "subtly explore Whitworth's attitude toward espionage." In 1974, at a bar in San Diego, Walker finally persuaded his buddy, who had recently left his Navy communications job, to re-enlist and supplement his pay by handing over decoding information and top-secret cables. "I envisioned a plan where I would work as a go-between between a new recruit and the Soviets," said Walker during Whitworth's long-running espionage trial in San Francisco. His testimony amounted to an object lesson in what friendship should...
...executives claim their shows will be less subject to mass-audience pressures. "If we've got a good male action series," says FBC President Jamie Kellner, "we won't add children, dogs and females to make it appeal to other demographics." Though some are skeptical that Murdoch can enlist enough strong independent stations to become a full-scale competitor, industry observers are impressed so far. The signing of Rivers "reveals a couple of things," says Edward * Atorino, a media analyst for Smith Barney. "One, Mr. Murdoch is very serious. Two, he's got some resources to attract talent...
...part, is convinced that it would be "politically disastrous" for the U.S. to violate the numerical limits set by SALT II. To do so, Shultz argues, would outrage America's friends, alienate domestic public opinion, undermine current arms negotiations and possibly even derail the summit. He hopes to enlist the support of U.S. allies at the Tokyo economic summit in May, before President Reagan reaches a final decision...
Rifkin remains unfazed by unrelenting criticism from the scientific community. In fact, he has used his considerable powers of persuasion to enlist a few prominent researchers in his crusade. In 1983, for example, he talked two Nobel laureates and other scientists into signing a declaration urging Congress to ban any genetic engineering of human sperm and egg cells, despite the fact that such a ban would halt research aimed at eliminating genetic diseases like sickle- cell anemia and Down's syndrome...