Word: drafted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...clear: we are the next generation, the people who will inherit the policies and practices of today's bureaucrats; we must vocalize our disapproval because no one will do it for us. History teaches us that this is true. When the Vietnam War threatened their lives, students burned draft cards; when blacks were fighting for their civil rights, students marched on Washington. And activism has not only been anti-establishment; when fascism threatened to dominate Europe in the Second World War, young people enlisted...
...road between was hardly a smooth climb. Ronald Reagan gave the U.S. a heady draft of optimism while reversing the direction of government policy, recasting social programs and cutting taxes. Unmatched by spending reductions, however, those cuts sent deficits soaring to unheard-of highs, and the double-digit inflation of 1980 was cured only by double-digit unemployment...
...times when enjoying the church's creative role in the production and performance of theatrical events, including a nod to ancient comedy in last year's "Menaechmi" of Plautus. In the late '60s and early '70s, the church was a center of protest for those politically opposed to the draft and to the Vietnam War as a whole. In the '80s, it was part of the vocal opposition to the violence and political persecution in Central America...
...Nets gave up David Benoit, Kevin Edwards, Yinka Dare and a lottery-protected 1998 first-round draft pick for Seikaly and forward Brian Evans...
Caffey, who was Dennis Rodman's backup at power forward for the Bulls, was sent to Golden State for forward-center David Vaughn and second-round draft picks...