Word: drafted
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...Professor Safran's suggestions at the meetingof the Faculty, where an initial draft wasdiscussed, were generally very helpful inpreparation of a revised draft," said Marquand,secretary to the Faculty. The revised draftsafeguards the rights of the accused moreexplicitly than did the original plan, Marquandsaid...
...apparent weakness of Aquino's grip on the situation was highlighted by vocal opposition to the draft constitution. Political forces of both the extreme left and extreme right joined in attacking the constitution which ensures, among other things, the continuation of Aquino's presidency until...
With popular mandate in hand, Aquino is now well-positioned to begin extending her authority. The center, the largest portion of the population, is behind her. But only 60 percent of her own armed forces voted in favor of the draft constitution; if she cannot increase her popularity within the military the threat of further coup attempts will continue to loom ominous. On the other hand, if she cannot control the Communist insurgency she may well lose popular support...
Perhaps Reagan felt another draft of the heady old wine could make his problems go away. But it indicated little awareness that this was January 1987, not 1986 or 1985. This time he was speaking as the leader of an Administration deeply wounded by revelations that he had been trading arms to Iran for hostages, and for the first time he was addressing Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress. The speech may not have been the make- or-break, last chance to reassert his leadership, which is how some aides (and much of the press) had been overbilling...
These strategies were mirrored in two competing drafts of the State of the Union speech. One, written by Presidential Assistant Dennis Thomas, consisted mostly of a laundry list of legislative proposals. The conservatives, led by Speechwriter Anthony Dolan, contributed an unsolicited draft that took a sharply aggressive line: it would have committed the President to push for a constitutional convention to draft a balanced-budget amendment. Reagan rejected both and chose a third draft written by Ken Khachigian, a former White House speechwriter who was called back from California for this effort. Though Khachigian's lyrical prose is well suited...