Word: drafted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...need for an American Renewal will not be helped by a resumption of the draft. The notion that we will have a better, more fit Army if it's made up of unwilling soldiers is absurd. The task of national leadership is to restore the love our people have for our system, not to widen the schism of misunderstanding by again pitting generation against generation...
Your proposal to revive the draft is outrageously demeaning to women. You assign women the same status as cripples and exempt them altogether from conscription. Women should not be sheltered from the hardships-or deprived of the benefits-of military service. Only when women share equal responsibilities with men will they be treated as equal citizens...
Rather than just the draft, let's use universal public service, which would provide supplemental workers in hospitals, mental institutions, homes for the elderly and child care facilities. Military service would be a breeze compared with serving in our state institutions...
...Cambridge City Councilor David Sullivan, who helped draft a petition asking the legislature to end the exemptions granted colleges, called Bok's calculations "ridiculous" and said, "We don't tax people on how many services they receive, but how much they can afford...
...unanimous vote, the House Committee passed a motion of confidence for its representatives and added the stipulation that they "work for the reform of CRR from within and without." House members will draft an open letter next week describing possible reforms and explaining their reasons for ending the boycott...