Word: drafted
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...Republican-controlled Senate, the debate was for real as Majority Leader Howard Baker called up not one but two proposed amendments-the draft supported by the White House and another offered by Utah Republican Orrin Hatch-for floor action. Baker wrestled last week to blend them into a consensus proposal that would have some chance of winning the two-thirds majority needed for passage. Any amendment would also require a two-thirds vote in the House, where it has been bottled up in committee, and approval by 38 state legislatures...
...city signed a consent decree in 1981, agreeing to hire minorities and women in about the same proportion as workers in the city's private sector: between 33% and 50% for blacks, and 15% and 30% for women. The U.S. Justice Department backed the lawsuit and helped draft the eventual agreement. At that time-four months after Reagan took office-a department official pronounced the consent decree to be "reasonable and lawful...
...million for three years) and Young, whose playing obligation is four years. A 6-ft. 1-in. lefthander, he passed for an average of 395 yds. per game last season. Cincinnati Bengals Assistant General Manager Mike Brown, who intended to choose Young first in the May 1 N.F.L. draft, said, "We were just trying to sign a football player. But the Express is trying to buy credibility in the L.A. market." The N.F.L. is competing for athletes, the U.S.F.L. for attention...
...negotiated with players under goal posts and signed Heismart Trophy Winner Mike Garrett at halftime of the East-West game. Back then, when Kansas City signed a Garrett, the city of Buffalo cheered, just as the Bills' coups were celebrated in San Diego. Hadl was a No. 1 draft choice of the Detroit Lions, but never regretted throwing in with the Chargers, and ended up the N.F.L.'s M.V.P. at Los Angeles in his dotage...
Wickham also said he opposes a draft because he feels Congress has provided strong incentives which have attracted a sufficiently talented all volunteer Army...