Word: drafting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Census Bureau survey tied the seven-year decline in enrollment with the end of the war. Fewer men are becoming eligible for G.I. benefits and draft deferments are no longer necessary...
...Arab world. In Cairo, however, some diplomats last week were speculating about the prospect of a more subtle scenario for either the Cairo meeting or Geneva. Egypt-with the U.S. as watchful monitor-would negotiate an overall peace with Israel on behalf of all the confrontation powers. Once a draft was agreed upon, Sadat would present it to an Arab summit. If they agreed, all would be well. If they did not-so goes the theory-Sadat might then sign the document by himself. But as one of his aides carefully noted (with a grin), "It would...
...criminals. One of the first Senators to speak out against Joseph McCarthy, in 1955 he replaced the Wisconsin Senator as chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. In 1972 McClellan became chairman of the Appropriations Committee. He also retained his seat on the Judiciary Committee and this year helped draft, with Senator Edward Kennedy, a comprehensive revision of the U.S. criminal code...
...size (a 6-ft. 5-in. teammate ordered Atlanta's Lawrence out of the shower "because grown people don't shower with Munchkins"), the biggest hurdle is getting an opportunity to display their skills. Football's bias toward big men usually means lower spots in the draft for small players and fewer invitations to training camp as free agents, and more modest starting salaries. The important thing, says the Colts' Stevens, "is to get the chance to show what you can do and not get written off on size alone. Then...
...open fireplace. However, it imparts more romance than B.T.U.s. Most fireplaces deliver only about 10% of the potential heat of the wood, draw in cold outside air and actually remove warmth from the house. As old Ben Franklin observed, "If you sit near the fire, you have that cold draft of uncomfortable air nipping your back and heels ... by which many catch cold, being scorched before, and, as it were, froze behind." Which is why he devised "the New-Invented Pennsylvanian Fire-Place"-better-known as the Franklin stove-which, he boasted, made his room twice as warm with...