Word: avoiders
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...many liberals, including James Farmer and David Dellinger. Young men under the shadow of the draft want it, and so do their parents. Most of American tradition from the Founding Fathers on down is in favor, as were the untold millions of immigrants who came to America to avoid forced service in the conscript armies of czars and kaisers...
...them there. The move would also eliminate the need to force men to go to war against their consciences, and end such other distortions as paying soldiers far less than they would get if they were civilians, or forcing other young men into early marriages and profitless studies to avoid the draft. Incentive, substituted for compulsion, could cut waste and motivate pride. Not least, a volunteer army would work substantially toward restoring the national unity so sundered by the present inequalities of the draft...
...office answers his phone. While he is talking, what should his office visitor do? The rules forbid listening. They also forbid just sitting there doing nothing, which could support the suspicion that he is listening. So the visitor studiously exhibits what Goffman calls "civil inattention." Unable to avoid overhearing one side of the phone conversation, he feigns another activity-gazing out the window, ostentatiously lighting and puffing a cigarette-thus conveying or seeking to convey the impression that his attention is directed elsewhere...
...opened, fuel flows from one tank and oxidizer to the other to meet in the combustion chamber, pushed by pressurized helium that takes the place of potentially troublesome pumps. Because the propellants are hypergolic-they react chemically and ignite on contact-no ignition system is needed. And to avoid including a complicated throttle, the engine burns only at its fully rated thrust...
...down and arrested the demonstrators. After eleven weeks in custody, at least seven of an estimated ten protesters were tried on "anti-state activities" charges last October and received prison sentences of up to 36 months. Two weeks later, however, they were paroled - apparently because the regime wanted to avoid making martyrs of them. But at least 200 similar cases are still reported pending before East German courts...