Word: draft
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...move spurred by the spontaneous and unexplained disintegration of student I.D. cards, Harvard libraries begin loaning books to bearers of old college I.D. cards, Social Security cards, draft cards, Master Charge cards, MBTA cards, and the Queen of Spades...
However, Harvard's policy since November 1973 (Its AA plan was finally accepted by HEW after two draft rejections) has been very weak on paper and even weaker in practice...
...jobless rate by the end of 1977, but Carter later said he was sticking to his original promise. Concerning another 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...
Fellow Minnesotan Fritz Mondale's choice as Agriculture Secretary . . . Age 48 . . . Congressman from a farm district since 1970 . . . Was prominent draft-Humphrey backer until H.H.H. dropped out, then switched to Carter...
...student committee worked tirelessly last spring to draft the CRR reform proposals that were overwhelmingly approved in a College-wide referendum last May. The Faculty has yet to agree to hear those proposals, however, and the student committee has requested that the CRR boycott continue at least until those proposals are considered. If the student boycott ends now, the Faculty will lose any incentive it might have had to work to change...