Word: drafting
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...society's outrage over drugs, for example, pointing out that the "drug problem" extended to middle-class America as well, from coffee freaks at the office to housewives hooked on diet pills. He talked about the injustice of Muhammad Ali's banishment from boxing for avoiding the draft - a man whose job was beating people up losing his livelihood because he wouldn't kill people: "He said, 'No, that's where I draw the line. I'll beat 'em up, but I don't want to kill 'em.' And the government said, 'Well, if you won't kill people...
...move would be very political and symbolic," says François Heisbourg, a military expert and special adviser to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in Paris. Heisbourg, who helped draft Sarkozy's military plan, predicted France would actually rejoin by the time of a Franco-German summit in March next year...
...group was formed in the wake of a series of recurring issues that included overcrowded events, difficulty obtaining adequate Beverage Authorization Team and police coverage, and intoxicated students. In April, the subcommittee presented a draft of a report on student event management that included 19 major recommendations...
...black-and-white photograph on the wall of his Mass. Hall office, Alan J. Stone looks exhausted, staring into the middle distance as he sits in the Oval Office. President Clinton reads a draft of an address penned by Stone during long and sleepless nights, while several Clinton advisors look to the president, waiting for him to speak before they pass judgment on the speech...
...they need to facilitate their own social lives.More glimmers of hope on an initially dismal horizon were evident in the new report of the Joint Subcommittee of the Committees on College Life and House Life, which laid out a new set of regulations governing large campus social events. The draft included sensible proposals like earlier registration of parties and ticketing through the Harvard Box Office. Perhaps more importantly, the report was constructed with considerable student input, marking it a welcome departure from the heavy-handed decision-making of the Party Fund debacle. The report’s vision, however...