Word: draft
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what would it take for Congress to revive the draft, which has been dormant since...
...reinstate the draft, Congress need only pass a single piece of legislation that is already written, and activate a bureaucracy that is already in place...
...Selective Service System has all of the details worked out, says spokesperson Larry Waltman. If the draft were to come tomorrow, it would happen something like this...
...Each round applies to men born in a particular year. For example, if the first date were to be June 4, and the first number chosen an 18, then 20-year-olds born on June 4 would be the 18th group called upon. If the draft is activated anytime in 1991, then all those born in 1971 would be considered 20-year-olds...
Although millions of men are eligible for the draft, it seems as though there is an equal number of creative excuses. But in fact, the list of acceptable exemptions has already been decided, Waltman says...