Word: drafted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Loretta Sanchez. Threatening to sue her for election fraud, Dornan called Sanchez a "liar" and said "the whole thing stinks to high heaven." Of course, sour grapes were to be expected from the former fighter pilot who once grabbed a fellow Congressman by the collar and called him a "draft-dodging wimp." Sanchez's campaign manager, John Shallman, spoke for many when he said of Dornan, "He's been, and continues to be, a national disgrace. All we can say is: Adios." The bad news is that Dornan will now have more time for his second job as Rush Limbaugh...
...musical is about protesting against the Vietnam War and escaping the draft...
...interrupted in the middle by spoken anecdotes, speculations, or quandaries. Sometimes he stops playing just to talk out an idea. Guthrie's colloquial idiom and sense of aphoristic wisdom are, perhaps, of the Prairie Home Companion school, but his repertoire is not without the socially conscious ire of a draft-dodger. Guthrie is a drawling American peacenik with teeth...
Finally, there must be a more structured process for planning religious events to ensure that all groups have the opportunity to be represented. Each house might set aside a certain amount of money each year for religious events and would have an application process. House residents would draft proposals for religious events and submit them to the masters for approval and funding. This would allow the house administration to look at the entire year at once, and would also enable the house to work with students to turn their religious celebrations into opportunities for the entire House community to learn...
...class require you to count alligators? Do you have to dive for a frisbee while walking through the Yard? (On second thought, don't answer that.) Some might say Harvard intramurals should reflect the necessary competitive skills for Harvard life. We could easily have a library scavenger hunt, essay-draft basketball played in a suite with crumpled-up essay drafts, or my personal favorite, floppy disk fencing, where the last person whose disk retains its sliding disk guard in place wins. We definitely could--but we shouldn...