Word: drafting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...theory, complete legislative and executive power over the nation. The majority of mayorships have not been legally elected, but appointed by Aquino herself. Communist rebels hold a significant portion of the countryside, and contingents of the far right have united with members of the left to oppose Aquino's draft constitution. Most of the corruption of the Marcos era remains. The economy is worse than ever...
...young scientist volunteered for the army because his draft board told him he would soon be required to enter the service and, in the middle of the Vietnam War, enlisted men fared better than draftees...
...week before his Harvard graduation, for instance, Kaku received a telegram heralding his draft assignment: Fort Benning in Atlanta, Georgia...
Kaku remembers when he learned the draft would apply to all college graduates and there would be no more exemptions for graduate school-bound academics...
...firearms] made me aware of the misuse ofscience," Klaku says. "It was the draft thatreally changed...