Word: drafting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...editors not see that if they can deny Kissinger an academic position because, in their opinion, Kissinger has a "blatant disregard for human life and democratic procedure," those who also can be excluded from a university community are a conventional Marxist, a Vietnam draft evader, and a women's libber? After all, is violent revolution a "democratic procedure"? Is abortion a "blatent disregard for human life...
...telling at this time whether males or females would best benefit by the amendment. I tend to believe that in the long run males will benefit most. I can think of hundreds of ways-e.g., child possession after divorce, child support, alimony, less military draft burden-in which men will benefit. That...
Hair has very little plot, but it does not really need one. As its framework, the play focuses on Claude's (Bruce Comins) decision whether to burn his draft card or to march off to Southeast Asia. On a more fundamental level, it examines the relations between youth and the Establishment. Closer to home than the Vietnam War, the real battle occurs between the Hair tribe and its parents and teachers. Once Claude is drafted and Berger (Todd King) is kicked out of school, it becomes evident that the adults hold the upper hand...
...ludicrous. But, how can one honestly say that a ballplayer is really worth that much money. Such salaries cause the baseball fan to either shake his head in disgust or rummage through his closet for the old Little League equipment and get in condition for next year's amateur draft...
MacMahon said the panel reached general agreement about the contents of its report at the weekend meeting and its staff has begun to write a final draft of its conclusions...