Word: drafting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Snooping. The Soviets sprang an initial draft on the nascent Nixon Administration last March. At first, the Russians proposed outlawing everything "of a military nature." That was unacceptable to the U.S., which would have had to unplug the underseas devices it uses to track Soviet subs. Washington, in turn, wanted the weapon-free area to begin at the three-mile limit, not at twelve miles, as the Soviets insisted. Finally, the two sides compromised: the U.S. went along with the twelve-mile proposal, and the Russians agreed to ban only offensive weapons...
...Alice's Restaurant, Arlo Guthrie tells the tale of how he once took a sack of garbage to the dump in Stockbridge, Mass., was arrested for littering, and wound up, much to his joy, rejected by the draft-because he had a police record. Ever since, Arlo has had an abiding belief in the benign power of fate. When he was married last week, the day had been carefully selected in advance by a medium in New York...
...Fainsod himself wrote the first draft of the report and mailed it over the summer to members of his Committee, who sent suggestions back to him. Fainsod wrote a second draft before the Committee's first meeting this school year and revised the report since then...
...WASHINGTON-The House Armed Services Committee unanimously passed yesterday President Nixon's draft plan for a lottery of 19-year-olds...
...with student deferments would enter the draft pool when their deferments ended. They would then be treated as 19-year-olds...