Word: drafted
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...highest among Senate Democrats, and exceeded that of other President aspirants Sen. Allen Cranston (D-Calif.), Sen. John Glenn (D-Ohio), Sen. Ernest F. Hollings (D-S.C.), and Sen. Dale Bumpers (D-Ark.). Indeed, Hart is the only one in this group who opposed both draft registration and the B-I bomber under the Carter Administration, and who voted consistently against the Reagan tax cuts and budget. (Bumpers, Glenn, and Hollings voted for the budget. Cranston and Glenn voted...
...IDEA is getting popular again: drafting 18-year-olds. Franklin A. Thomas, president of the Ford Foundation, thinks it's a very good idea and said so in a widely discussed speech last week. Other liberal congressmen have also embraced the concept and asked the government to seriously look into the possibility of a draft--not specifically for the military but primarily for a large youth public service force...
...obligation may not be a prudent investment for the government with so many other bills to pay, even if it creates jobs on the side. And while it should be a goal to diversify the armed forces, using this as an argument makes national service seem like a backdoor draft...
...audience sought Rickover's position on a nuclear freeze, which he supports, and the draft, which he also favors "If the President and Congress decide it is necessary...
Kimbrough said that their attorneys will probably draft a counter-plan substantially different from the school committee's version, to present to Tauro when the case reconvenes tomorrow. Based on their suggestions, the judge will then make his own changes in the plan...