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While publishers “exhibited a strong preference for. . . what might be called ‘highbrow works,’ ” Ms. Manning observes, the favorites among enlisted men ran more to “westerns, mysteries, stories of adventure and page-turning fiction.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Japanese convenience store chain FamilyMart has enlisted Lady Gaga for a recruitment campaign, convincing the pop icon to trade vocal registers for cash registers in an effort to plug staffing shortages at thousands of outlets.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
To test the idea under controlled conditions, Seiler enlisted retired Berkeley chemists David Kreimer and Elena Kreimer, a retired manager of the College of Chemistry's Microanalytical Facility.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
The couple snapped up the 6-acre estate and enlisted architect Charles Gwathmey to overhaul the abode.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
A few months later my parents enlisted the help of a Zionist organization—one of the groups whose goal was to establish a Jewish national state.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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