Word: drafted
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...draft weighed heavily on the minds of male students...
While almost all of the students had obtained college deferments in order to postpone the draft, each student was assigned a lottery number. The lower the lottery number, the more likely it was that the students would have to enter the draft come graduation time...
...with the ending of the draft and the heavy withdrawal of American troops in March of 1973, the class became less activist...
Even as President Nixon proposes an end to student draft deferments on March 1, student attention is more closely riveted to events on campus: On March 7--International Women's Day--a group of women activists took over the Architectural Technology Workshop on Memorial Drive, demanding the creation of a permanent women's center on campus...
...drafted in the fourth round by the Atlanta Hawks, back 100 years ago when they had 12 rounds in the draft [there are now two]," Brown recalls. "I was one of the last rookies cut, and I thought I would be on the team, so I couldn't believe it. I cried and hid in the house for two weeks...