Word: drafted
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...taking the responsibilities." That is how Joan Lamb of the Selective Service System defended an amendment to the Military Selective Service Act, passed overwhelmingly by the House last July, that requires all young men who apply for Government student loans to certify that they have registered for the draft. A federal district judge in Minnesota decided in March that this was a violation of the constitutional rights of students. But the Supreme Court last week, while not passing final judgment, ruled that the requirement should take effect for the time being...
...national government. After the shock of Love Canal and the Times Beach "metrocide," it didn't take long for people to figure out that chemicals that can poison a dump site probably aren't too healthful to work with. Concerned workers and environmentalists around the country began to draft "Right to Know" legislation requiring employers to provide information on any hazardous materials used in their firms...
Among the players currently with the National Team are non-collegians Brian Lawton. Pat Lafontaine and Tom Barasso--the first, third and fifth choices, respectively, in the 1983 NHL draft conducted in early June...
...Israeli troops who controlled both camps. It went on to claim that there was no proof that the Phalangist-dominated Lebanese Forces had advance knowledge of the assault and that all prosecutions should therefore be postponed. A senior Lebanese official later said that the document was an "unauthorized first draft" that did not represent the final results of the government's inquiry...
...London last month, two men set up a phony business firm, then hired security guards to present forged letters and forged drafts to collect gold coins from bullion dealers. At the same time, one accomplice sawed through local telephone lines, while another intercepted the bullion dealers' calls to check on the letter and draft. The four men thus hauled in 2,400 gold coins valued at $1.2 million. Three days later, thieves broke into the projection room of the Classic Cinema in Hastings and spirited away a 50-lb. reel of Return of the Jedi. Police assumed that within...