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...when Stewart, who probably suffered through the worst outing of his Harvard career, finally departed in the sixth, it was still only a two-run margin for the Jumbos, 3-1, as the Crimson bats once again went AWOL for the first two-thirds of the game. Harvard had managed its lone run in the bottom of the first on a Mark Bingham RBI single...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Jumbos Cut Batsmen Down to Size, 5-4 | 4/18/1978 | See Source »

...pardon was carefully limited. He excluded those few draft dodgers who had used "force and violence" to stay out of uniform. More important, he did not forgive the 4,500 deserters still at large, or the 88,700 who received less than honorable discharges for deserting or going AWOL. He simply asked the Pentagon to review their cases with the aim of possibly upgrading some discharges. Finally, Carter promised to begin another study of the estimated 173,000 undesirable discharges that had been dispensed during the Viet Nam years. Pentagon critics claim that many men received such discharges for conduct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: KEEPING HIS FIRST PROMISE | 1/31/1977 | See Source »

...musical, but as he is brought down from the Cross in a sculptured pieta, his body speaks the moving language of anguish. Dual aspects of Mary's character are depicted by Salome Bey and Mabel Robinson. An electrifying showstopper is provided by Delores Hall, who seems to be AWOL from the heavenly choir as she sings I Love You So Much Jesus. That is really what this luminous show is all about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Oh, When the Saints... | 1/24/1977 | See Source »

...pledge, Carter has not decided whether to broaden the blanket pardon that he promised to give during his first week in office to the 4,500 draft evaders of the Viet Nam War era. Carter is considering also pardoning 5,000 deserters and 85,000 former servicemen who went AWOL during the same period...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE TRANSITION: DOWN TO THE 'SHORT LISTS' | 12/20/1976 | See Source »

Grant a blanket pardon to the draft dodgers of the Viet Nam War. Also, he probably would set up review boards to decide the cases of war-era deserters and perhaps pardon those who went AWOL because of opposition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: THE SHAPE OF THE NEXT FOUR YEARS | 11/8/1976 | See Source »

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