Abbas ' tolerance towards Christians was part of his policy of establishing diplomatic links with European powers to try to enlist their help in the fight against their common enemy, the Ottoman Empire.

You can see it, for example, in the extensive efforts President Kennedy has made to enlist solid bipartisan support for his actions toward both Cuba and Laos ; ;

Anxious to avoid a similar debacle in the motor car industry, Hanch went to Detroit in 1909 to enlist the support of leading A.L.A.M. members for an industry-wide patent-sharing plan.

In order to enlist the support of the nobility, especially the military help of pospolite ruszenie, Casimir was forced to give up important privileges to their caste, which made them finally clearly dominant over townsfolk ( burghers or mieszczaństwo ).

The call was issued to enlist support in Albania for the war against the Italian fascist invaders.

Madison then argued that a state, after declaring a federal law unconstitutional, could take action by communicating with other states, attempting to enlist their support, petitioning Congress to repeal the law in question, introducing amendments to the Constitution in Congress, or calling a constitutional convention.

In return, he was able to enlist considerable anti-parliamentary support.

Supporting this theory they note that both Charlemagne and Louis the Pious sent their sons to be raised in the respective regna which they were designated to inherit, in order to better enlist the support of the local populus by becoming familiar with them and their customs.

Other times, they are used to carry more weight in a discussion, a weak person is able to enlist the tradition of the ancestors to support his position, or even to argue a legal case.

Washington's work on education problems helped him enlist both the moral and substantial financial support of many major white philanthropists.

Anne and Henry attended a meeting with the French king at Calais in winter 1532, in which Henry hoped to enlist the support of Francis I of France for his intended marriage.

Edward saw this as a test of power, and managed to enlist the support of Siward, Earl of Northumbria and Earl Leofric.

In the summer of 1811 British emissaries tried to enlist the support of Indians in the region, telling them that the British would help them to resist the encroaching American settlement.

The two generals were instructed to enlist the support of Frederick Barbarossa, since he was hostile to the Normans of Sicily and was south of the Alps at the time, but he declined because his demoralised army longed to get back north of the Alps as soon as possible.

Stoliar impulsively called Groucho Marx to enlist Groucho's support for an unlikely campaign to attempt to persuade — or pressure — Universal to re-release the film.

Haywood stated: " We are here to confederate the workers of this country into a working class movement that shall have for its purpose the emancipation of the working class ...", and for Debs: " We are here to perform a task so great that it appeals to our best thought, our united energies, and will enlist our most loyal support ; a task in the presence of which weak men might falter and despair, but from which it is impossible to shrink without betraying the working class.

Before going to Europe, Diệm went to Japan, where he intended to meet Cường Để to enlist support to seize power.

Fishel was a proponent of the anti-colonial, anti-communist third force doctrine in Asia and was impressed with Diệm and helped him organise contacts and meetings in the United States to enlist support.

The Marquis set out to enlist support in Bordeaux for the formation of a company to exploit the property represented by Langlois's deed: the purpose of that settlement would be to establish on Banks Peninsula a settlement to serve as a base for French whaleships and other vessels in the Pacific.

When Tiglath-Pileser III appeared in the west, Menahem took the opportunity to enlist his support by sending tribute of a thousand talents of sliver, with the idea — as 2 Kings xv 19 puts it —' that he might help him to confirm his hold of the royal power '.

Epidamnus ' oligarchs are exiled and then appeal to Corcyra for help, while the democrats enlist the support of Corinth.

He tried to enlist the support of Mark Antony, but his fellow tribunes Gaius Asinius Pollio and Lucius Trebellius Fides advised Antony not to support the measure.

Intending to enlist the support of the working class, Chamberlain assured his audience that tariff reform ensured low unemployment.

Leadership has been described as “ a process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task ".

While Caesar is in Italy, he decides to enlist more troops because of political disturbances in Rome.

When Italy entered World War I in 1915, the then 29-year-old attempted three times to enlist, but was rejected as physically unfit for service.

He joined the Coast Guard at the age of fifteen, lying about his age to enlist.

Born in Brisbane, Queensland, he joined the AAMC at the age of 17, lying about his age to enlist.

She became the first woman to enlist in the Marine Corps on August 13, 1918, when she joined the Marine Corps Reserve during World War I. Johnson was the first of 305 women to enlist in the United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve that day.

He also joined the British Army, and was one several professional footballers to enlist at the Army School of Physical Training as part of a scheme devised by the FA.

During the French Revolution, Thomas joined Lord Edward Fitzgerald and other Irish nationalists in Paris to enlist French support for Irish resistance to English rule.

During her years at Washington Seminary, Mitchell's brother, Stephens, was away studying at Harvard College ( 1915 – 1917 ), and he left in May 1917 to enlist in the army, about a month after the U. S. declared war on Germany.

Eck was far more highly esteemed as " the dauntless champion of the true faith " at Rome than in Germany, where he induced the universities of Cologne and Louvain to condemn the reformer's writings, but failed to enlist the German princes.

Kung traveled to Germany in 1937, attempting to enlist German aid against the Empire of Japan.

In an interview in 1990, he said, " Germany happened to be closer than England, I went to a Wehrmacht recruiting office to enlist, but it wasn't as easy as I had thought.

When the Second World War broke out against Nazi Germany in 1939, Spare, an ardent anti-Nazi, tried to enlist into the army, but was deemed too old.

Paavo had acquired his reputation smuggling volunteers to Germany to enlist in the 27.

In addition to the " Black Front ", Strasser at this time headed the Free German Movement outside Germany which sought to enlist the aid of Germans throughout the world in bringing about the downfall of Hitler and Nazism.

Germany had two reasons to support Russia, firstly, its desire to draw Russia's attention to the east and away from itself and secondly, to enlist Russia's support in establishing German territorial concessions in China.

In a 2008 episode of the animated sitcom Family Guy called " Road to Germany ", Brian, Stewie and Mort enlist the help of Vultan's Hawkman Army in a dogfight over Europe against the Luftwaffe.

He tried to enlist the Prince of Orange in his cause, but failing, he went to Germany.

Though he was skeptical of the endeavor, Devoy financed and supported Casement's expedition to Germany to enlist German aid in the struggle to free Ireland from British rule, including Casement's " Irish Brigade ".

he constantly heard reports concerning the rise of Nazi Germany throughout Europe, and his parents granted him permission to enlist in the United States Army on December 26, 1941.

He was sympathetic to the German cause and traveled to Germany in an attempt to enlist in the German army, only to be rejected because of his refusal to renounce his American citizenship.

After spending ten weeks in a German hospital at Nürtingen, and having his petition to enlist without swearing allegiance to Germany turned down, Llewellyn returned to the United States and his studies at Yale in March 1915.