Word: draft
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Without a draft, the United States has a professional army. If a domestic crisis should arise--riots or a prolonged strike in a critical industry--professional soldiers would quell the disturbance. With the recent disclosure that the Joint Chiefs of Staff were subverting civilian control by spying on the executive department, I think it all the more important that men of democratic philosophies rise to positions of responsibility in the military...
...firm that receives the contract for the impact study will be required to submit a draft of its report 120 days after signing with the GSA. Griffin said that some of the firms competing for the bid expressed doubt that they could complete the work within four months...
Well, not exactly. And as for the future, there may be a lot of hope, but with next year's freshman class being cut by fifty bodies, they can't even trade for as many draft picks as the Redskins...
Self-Sufficient. Coors has been owned by a single family since 1873, when Adolph Coors, a German draft dodger, set up a brewery on the banks of Clear Creek. His grandson, William, has been president since 1970, and the firm contains six other Coorses. As befits a company owned by rugged individualists, the firm is almost totally self-sufficient. Plant expansion is handled by Coors' full-time 1,000-man construction crew. The firm meets its energy requirements by picking combustible material out of its waste products and burning it, and by tapping its own natural gas fields. Coors...
...have mounted a boycott of the company's products because of alleged discriminatory hiring practices. The company denies the charge, and has not suffered noticeably from the boycott. The Federal Trade Commission has accused Coors of fixing prices and forbidding its distributors to carry any other brand of draft-style beer...