Word: drafted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Radcliffe-Harvard Peace Alliance, the Harvard Radcliffe Anti-Nuclear Alliance, the South Africa Solidarity Committee, the Gay Students Association, the Boston Alliance Against Registration and the Draft, and other groups organized the rally, Raskin said...
...Dewey's opponent has little of the governor's efficient manner. Under great tension, Mr. Truman has frequently made serious errors, such as his angry request to Congress for the power to draft striking railroad workers. His administration has not been smooth. But what Mr. Truman stands for in the way of domestic institutions, and what he has stood for ever since he entered the White House, are measures of greater importance to the prosperity of the nation than efficiency for efficiency's sake...
...Opposes draft registration...
...strong proponent of free enterprise, a non-interventionist foreign policy and civil liberties for all minorities, Clark has picked up support from both conservative business interests and leftists attracted by his strong anti-draft and pro-gay rights stands...
...South Korea's 20 million eligible voters. And, as expected, nearly 92% of them approved a 131-article draft constitution proposed by President Chun Doo Hwan. It guarantees South Koreans a "democratic welfare state," complete with civil rights, press freedom and carefully defined powers of the presidency- at least on paper. The referendum was the first test of Chun's popularity since he took power last December, shortly after the assassination of President Park Chung Hee. Strongman Chun, a former general, and his U.S.-educated Prime Minister, Nam Duck Woo, worked hard to ensure a heavy voter turnout...