Word: draft
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Evidence of dissatisfaction with the current state of things abounds. Increasing numbers of undergraduates are finding four straight years of Harvard College an oppressive experience, and more are likely to take time off or leave as the pressure of the draft is further eased. Increasing numbers of graduate students are failing to complete their doctoral programs, especially in the social sciences and the humanities. The statements of the Graduate Student and Teaching Fellows Union testify to discontent among graduate students with their role in the University on more than merely economic grounds...
Those who doubt the effectiveness of the mining operation point out that incoming cargo ships might stop outside the minefield and then unload their supplies onto shallow-draft wooden boats that might pass over the field without being detected. As a countermeasure, the Navy might set its mines to go off at extremely faint signals. With such hair triggers, however, the mines could be detonated by a strong current or even by a large passing fish...
...accused Humphrey of organizing a smear campaign, but he did set the theme: "The McGovern record speaks for itself. A candidate can't be quoted two ways." A more specific formulation: McGovern is pro-marijuana, pro-abortion and pro-amnesty for draft resisters. "This is the McGovern record," said an advertisement in the Roman Catholic archdiocesan newspaper in Omaha. The ad was placed by the Citizens Concerned for Preservation of Life. At the same time, McGovern's promise to cut the defense budget by $32 billion alarmed residents around the Offutt Air Force Base, headquarters of the Strategic...
...peoples of different ethnic backgrounds live together in the same territory, often exploiting the environment in different ways." In fact, says Alland, territoriality is not inborn but is actually determined by the culture; he notes that most nations need such external reinforcers as the pledge to the flag and draft laws to ensure that national territory will have sufficient defenders...
...Board also discussed a draft report of the Commission of Inquiry, which investigated HSA, and a series of Crimson exposes on HSA. Both the Commission and the Crimson had recommended that HSA write annual reports to the Harvard community...