Word: drafting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard in the late '60s, Gore demonstrated against the Viet Nam War and attended Eugene McCarthy rallies. After graduating, he considered resisting the draft. His parents were supportive. "If you want to go to Canada, I'll go with you," his mother said. The dilemma was all the more acute, for Gore did not want to hurt his father's 1970 re-election fight against Republican Bill Brock, currently Secretary of Labor. In the end, he enlisted as an Army reporter, and his father went down in defeat. "The combination of Viet Nam and his dad's losing really turned...
...chance of that," says Buddy under his breath. He had the look of a defeated man. "O.K., Ramon, you win. Come with me and I'll get you a bank draft for your money...
...Winter Palace in 1917 -- one of Daniel's top ten events -- that was not the lead story in the New York Times. Instead, the main headline dealt with Tammany Hall's victory in New York elections that week. Journalism, as it has been said, is just the first draft of history. Sometimes, though, historians have similar troubles with the second draft. Writing his authoritative chronicle of Rome in about A.D. 100, Tacitus made only a passing reference to the Christians, minor troublemakers during the reign of Nero...
...flout a free- agent agreement long in place. Unlike major league baseball teams, N.F.L. clubs reserve a right of first refusal on the services of any player whose contract has expired. Should he sign with another of the league's 28 teams, steep compensation in the coin of draft choices is stipulated. Contending that , a pro football player's life expectancy is below four seasons, the union wants all four-year men to be unfettered by compensation clauses. Observing that the average salary is up from $90,000 to $230,000 since 1982 (thanks largely to a zestful war with...
...that possibility seemed more remote last week after President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia nominated M'Bow for a new term. Aides to the director-general now claim that he never promised not to accept a draft, and would serve again if elected. Though there are eleven other nominees for the job, Kaunda's endorsement carries weight: he is chairman of the Organization of African Unity, which includes 62 of UNESCO's 158 member states. The election will take place in November. Among the perks that M'Bow may be reluctant to give up: a $160,000 salary and a rent...