Word: draft
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Life as a pro coach with the Cincinnati Royals was a different experience. A series of bad trades and poor draft choices left the Royals wallowing in the second division. For the first time in his life Cousy was confronted with the spectre of being a loser...
Critics denigrate Browning's work as a federal prosecutor because he has not tried any major cases. Much of his time has been spent prosecuting hundreds of draft evaders and a few black radicals. Browning answers that there have not been any very dramatic crimes, and anyway his role is primarily administrative. To prepare for Patty Hearst, though, he has been forcing himself and his staff through twelve-hour days devoted to the study of thousands of pages of S.L.A. and FBI documents...
...democratic reforms leading to a politically pluralistic Spain. Several hundred radicalized young officers who call themselves the Democratic Military Union have circulated an ideario (statement of ideas) that demands "democratic freedoms, reforms leading to an equitable distribution of wealth and the convening of a democratically elected Constituent Assembly to draft a constitution for Spain...
Sadat also made a blunder. After a moderate speech at Washington's National Press Club, Sadat was asked his opinion of a U.N. draft resolution on Zionism that is to be voted upon by the General Assembly next week. The draft resolution, which condemns Zionism as a form of racism, was sponsored by the Arab League, including Egypt, and approved by the General Assembly's Social Committee, 70 to 29 with 27 abstentions. Sadat's strikingly personal reply provoked sharp criticism. He recalled that in 1950, "after seven years of concentration camp and prison,"* he could...
...Neighborhood Ten suit originally brought out the disclosure that the Kennedy Library Corporation edited the draft of the impact statement, which concluded that the library would have a minimal impact on the Harvard Square area