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National service -- the image of a vast civilian army of fresh-faced young people embarking on a crusade of good works -- has always held romantic appeal for adults safely beyond draft age. Utopian visionary Edward Bellamy originally broached the notion more than a century ago. Philosopher William James alluded to it in his famous 1910 essay, "The Moral Equivalent of War." Franklin Roosevelt in 1943 spoke of a postwar America where young adults would make a "year's contribution of service to the Government." At the height of the Viet Nam buildup, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara proposed compulsory national service...
...crux of the Nunn plan is the draconian requirement that by the mid- 1990s, aspiring college students (with a few narrowly drawn exceptions) would have to serve in the civilian or military branches of the Citizens Corps before they could receive federal aid for higher education. No altruism, no college degree -- except for those youngsters from families rich enough to pay full tuition. The other half of the bargain consists of a generous educational stipend: a $10,000 voucher for each year of civilian service or $24,000 after a two-year military hitch...
...Doug is like a wolf in lamb's clothing," Harvard Assistant Coach Jon Anz says. "As a civilian, he is kind and considerate. But on the court, he is a street fighter. With the gloves off and the knuckles bare--he is simply the very best...
Rumbles of dissension in the military have also fueled the whispers. It is hardly surprising that Gorbachev's determination to beef up the civilian economy by paring military spending, including troop reductions and a cut in arms production by 19.5%, has rankled the security-preoccupied military. Two weeks ago a bimonthly military newspaper published a broadside blasting "pacifist calls to our countrymen asking irresponsibly for the Soviet Union unilaterally to 'turn swords into plowshares.' " The Kremlin quickly produced Marshal Sergei Akhromeyev, the former Chief of Staff, to pronounce his support for the cuts...
...relations with the U.S. The public feud over the plant that Kohl carried on with Washington for nearly two weeks seemed to gather strength from other issues. These include U.S. pressure to continue low-flying Air Force exercises over West German territory, despite several accidents that have claimed civilian lives. Said Volker Ruhe, deputy parliamentary leader of Kohl's Christian Democratic Party: "These shrill tones show that the ice has become much thinner...