Word: drafting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...President's omnibus draft bill, which would have put most college graduates on a three-year ready-reserve status after their regular active duty, was narrowly saved from defeat yesterday by the parliamentary tactics of its supporters...
...Student draft deferment certificates to register class standings are available in the PBH draft office and should be filed with the Registrar before the end of the school year...
...during the Allied occupation. The Allies found Gronchi a proud and stubborn man. Once when Gronchi protested a law demanded by the Allied Control Commission, an Allied officer banged his fist on the table and told Gronchi: "I give you seven days. It is ample. I shall expect your draft by then." Gronchi coldly slid the folder across the table and said: "Draw up the law yourself. We shall have to submit to it, because we are a defeated people. But you cannot make us say we approve of what...
Einstein disliked the ballyhoo, but over the years he learned to make use of it. From his pedestal he occasionally poked a finger into worldly affairs. In the '30s he asked the Polish government to pardon draft dodgers. In the '50s he urged "the little minority of intellectuals" to refuse to testify before congressional committees, on the grounds that "it is shameful for a blameless citizen to submit to such an inquisition...
...taking over the schools. Their leaders are a hard core of overage youth, many of whom purposely flunk examinations in order to stay in school longer. They secretly distribute anti-British propaganda, have directed a series of petitions and strikes against the proposed British school subsidy and the British draft law requiring a few extra hours of training for reserves. They have gradually become a major political force in the city...