Word: drafted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Probably the most widespread continuing reaction, however, was one of disappointment in Ford, who had moved so swiftly to heal the nation's wounds caused by Watergate and the Viet Nam War. Now, unfairly but inevitably, his previously announced intention of seeking leniency for draft evaders and war deserters was seen by many as a calculated move to make a Nixon pardon more palatable. Those somewhat jesting earlier cracks about Ford's intellect were now reviewed in a more serious light. How could he have failed to perceive the ramifications?legal, political and moral?of his decision...
...doing the President's bidding, there stand thousands of others accused of criminality. They have also suffered, but they may differ from Richard Nixon primarily in more forthrightly acknowledging their guilt, as do most embezzlers, or in having acted out of conscience, as have many of our draft evaders. Presumably they, too, would be content with being judged by history if they were not prosecuted...
...nine months since he left office, former New York Mayor John Lindsay has visited the Caribbean, toured Europe and appeared in an Otto Preminger movie. While traveling, he also found time to bat out the first draft of a novel. The main character is a handsome California Congressman who battles evil politicians and braves a confrontation with militarists. "There's no doubt that it's worth putting more time into the manuscript," says Lindsay's agent, Owen Laster, who is showing the book to New York publishers. Evidently the ex-mayor has a deft touch when...
...Once the draft and the threat of the Viet Nam War ended, American campuses reverted to a normality of sorts. The old political activism and revolutionary fervor have disappeared entirely. Indeed, the shifts in student attitudes and outlook since the late 1960s are so startling that they clearly mark the end of an old era and the beginning...
First, on weeknights--when things generally are pretty calm and most of the hot shots are home watching T.V.--the draft beer is only 25 cents a hit. Second, on weekends--even though the tap is shut off and bottled beer is pawned at 75 cents--there is live entertainment of several varieties. The scheduled entertainment is the music. A disc jockey pulls out the cases and cases of 45s he's collected from the fifties and early sixties and spins them on his record player, set up in one of the corner booths. Then, once the place starts rocking...