Word: drafting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Senatorial candidates preceded McCarthy on the rostrum--John J. Gilligan of Ohio, who defeated incumbent Frank Lausche in the Democratic primary, and Paul O'Dwyer of New York. O'Dwyer said a volunteer army should be put in place of the draft, the voting age should be lowered to 18, and "we should take the foreign policy of John Foster Dulles and scrap it once...
Humphrey and Nixon disagree significantly on the longer-term issues of defense spending, disarmament and the draft. Nixon wants to invest more in missiles to increase the U.S.'s narrowing lead over the Soviets, while Humphrey emphasizes that one of his chief concerns would be to close a disarmament deal with Moscow. Nixon favors spending $3 billion or more to build a professional army that would do away with the need for a peacetime draft. Humphrey is for a lottery draft...
...proxy fight doesn't insure democracy," Miller said last night, and added that in proxy elections, stockholders who do not vote are counted as supporting the regular slate. He said that he might instead draft amendments reducing the required percentage attendance for a quorum or requiring a proxy vote if there is not a quorum at the annual membership meeting...
...Shintron Company gave some suggestions for exemplary graffiti: "Wallace, Stand Fast--You Have Nothing to Lose But Your Sheet"; "Draft Students--Leave Beer Alone"; "Richard Nixon Sold This Used...
...Rhodes Scholarship appears prestigious enough to qualify as the basis for a draft deferment in a number of local boards. Kinasewich noted, however, that most draft boards are wary of giving special treatment to winners of either award...