Word: drafting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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State Rep. Robert B. Ambler, who helped draft the law, suggested April 9 as the date the law should take effect because it is "the beginning of the religious season." That date would allow schools and public establishments enough time to inform teenagers of the new law and any resulting policy changes...
...that the enabling legislation for the opening of relations include a strong reassertion of U.S. guarantees to protect Taiwan. For a time, they thought they had the support of both Committee Chairman Frank Church and ranking Republican Member Jacob Javits. Both Senators permitted use of their names on a draft resolution that would brand an armed attack on Taiwan "a common danger to the peace and security" of both Taiwan...
Administration supporters within the committee mobilized against the draft. Senator John Glenn, chairman of the East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee, declared that such a document would be "offensive to the People's Republic." After a visit to the White House, Church said he did not endorse the draft but simply wanted to get a discussion under way. Church, Javits and Glenn then began talking of a compromise. Their solution: the U.S. "will maintain its capacity to resist any resort to force or other forms of coercion" against Taiwan, and will provide the island with "a sufficient self-defense...
...succeeding years the organizers of the house developed additional programs such as a hot line (which helped to counsel callers on many of the underground issues of the day: drugs pregnancy, VD, the draft), a drug education program, a legal aid group, and programs to support alternative life-styles. By 1974 there were 70 full-time staff members and 200 volunteers involved in seven different programs...
...Celtics do not succeed in signing Bird by June 24, they lose all rights to him, and he will be picked again -probably first-in this year's draft, which will be held the next day. In addition to his varied skills, Bird has one other box office advantage for pro owners in a game increasingly dominated by blacks: he is white...