Word: draft
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...liquidating the budget deficit and the resolution of all of today's social problems." He went further, arguing that a modernization that would shift the emphasis from mass-conscript armies to smaller forces with high-tech weaponry would cost more, not less. The idea of eventually dropping the draft and adopting a volunteer professional army is still opposed by most of the senior commanders, but if it were ever tried, it would require more money...
...clemency, Deukmejian decided to conduct the hearing himself, denying Van de Kamp a high-profile role that ordinarily would have been his. That led Harris to withdraw his request for a hearing, complaining he would never get a fair one from Deukmejian, who as a state legislator helped draft California's death-penalty law. The Governor has now agreed to hear a telephoned plea for clemency from Mother Teresa...
Democratic Governor Cecil Andrus did not say whether he would sign the bill, but he has been strongly antiabortion. The bill is designed to give the Supreme Court an opportunity to strike down Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that legalized abortions. The National Right to Life Committee helped draft the measure in an attempt to sway Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. She has said she would accept restrictions on abortion provided they were not "unduly burdensome" on women...
...month that will select a new President. Both Batmonh and Prime Minister Dumaagiyn Sodnom, 56, have reportedly volunteered to quit their government posts when the People's Great Hural, Mongolia's parliament, next convenes. The government has also agreed to include the opposition in a commission that is to draft a new constitution...
Sure, some guys have axes to grind, but if they are conscious of their responsibilities and have a little self-awareness, most personal attacks are eliminated in the first draft. (You could probably learn a lot about a critic's personality from his first drafts.) Then there are the lonely critics: may be they have friends in the theater and would like to be friendlier, or maybe they would like to have more friends in theater, or maybe they would just like to have more friends. They love writing a rave review, but better yet, they love visiting with...