Word: drafted
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...contras were living and working in the area. Taken together, the two assaults indicated that the relative lull that had followed the contras' offensive last spring was over. In a feat of good timing, Junta Coordinator Daniel Ortega Saavedra appeared before parliament last week to propose a military draft that would make all men between 17 and 25 eligible for two full years of active service, followed by participation in the reserves until...
...code, which will serve as a model for states, has been in the works since the A.B.A. created a commission in 1977 to draft revised standards. The effort soon struck a reef of controversy over the confidentiality issue. The commission had recommended that attorneys be permitted to disclose certain contemplated illegal actions of clients, such as offering fraudulent stock or planning a bribe. The proposal was voted down at the association's midyear meeting last February. Reformers within the tradition-bound A.B.A. had to take half-a-loaf satisfaction from a compromise last week that would allow attorneys...
...present situation does not meet this stringent test. In this regard, we note that the registration law does not conflict with the legally recognized, traditional night of conscientious objection, since it does not abridge existing rights under selective service laws to raise such a claim if Congress reinstitutes the draft and a student is classified for induction. Thus, while we acknowledge that sincere reasons of conscience may lead some students to refuse to register of complete the compliance forms, we believe that they, not Harvard, should hear the consequences of their beliefs...
HARVARD has never been big on throwing its institutional weight behind political causes. The most glaring case in point deals with draft registration and student aid. When the government first announced that it would link the two several universities--including Yale--declared the act immoral and vowed to undermine it. Harvard white hinting that the move might be distasteful watched blankly through the protected legal proceedings. It is now a full month since the Supreme Court put the law into effect and no policy has been announced. One other example is investment ethics. While President Bok has long resisted demands...
...Jackson says. "But I'm convinced somebody ought to go." Critical to the decision, which he says he will make in September: the congealing of his "rainbow coalition" of blacks, Hispanics, women, peace activists and environmentalists. But with an exploratory committee, headed by Mayor Hatcher, established and a "draft" committee of black ministers set to deliver a million-signature petition to Jackson by late August, his hat is already sailing toward the ring. Says New York Congressman Charles Rangel: "He's a Baptist minister, and Baptist ministers get callings...