Word: agee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...will be needed to bring it into U.S.'s front-line force-in-being. But already the impact of the ICBM and its supporting family of some 30 Air Force-Navy-Army rockets and ballistic and guided missiles is pressing the U.S., evenly, inevitably, inexorably, into a missile age in which the patterns of U.S. defense, U.S. industry and even U.S. life will be substantially made over...
Miller, discussed Perry as an "Adventurer Among Ideas." He related the late philosopher to the general context of American philosophy in the first quarter of the 20th century, describing him as a realist as opposed to the naturalists, idealists, and pragmatists of his age. Especially a foe of idealism, Perry found his philosophy in the realism of history, seeing "history itself as philosophy," Miller said...
There are currently 187,000 eligible 1-A's of age 22 who are not fathers. Nearly 25 percent of them will be rejected as unfit, leaving 140,000 draftable. This means that some 21-year olds will be taken, unless the 180,000 figure is lowered. Some of the available 22-year-olds will join some reserve plan, putting additional pressure on the 22-year age group and cutting further into the 21-year-old group. If conditions continue in roughly the same manner, the draft might be calling on 20-year-olds...
...induction age should drop to this mark, the problem of deferment will assume importance at the college level once again. At present, most college counselors advise students not to take the draft deferment tests since by so doing one automatically extends his draft eligibility to the age of 35. However, in the next few years, a deferment test may become necessary if one is to complete his college education uninterrupted by the draft...
While it is probably desirable for a young man of draft age to have a certain amount of freedom in choosing the manner in which he will fulfill his military obligation, there is no need for two organizations which offer almost indentical programs. After October sixth, there will be but one minor difference to distinguish the Army Reserve from the National Guard. The Army has succeeded in eliminating the Guard's so-called "draft-dodging" aspects and reduced the Guard to nothing more than the Army's image. The Army, unfortunately, may now be prone to gaze admiringly...