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...situation in May, it would be far worse in June. With rare exceptions, selective service boards had relied heavily upon teen-agers to fill their quotas. By exempting this class from the "mamma's boy" draft, the House (with unwilling Senate concurrence) had made it an almost draftless draft. The President's order that the boards resume drafting single men between 25 and 30 would produce only about 15,000 eligibles...
They live in and on wood. They build and bore for themselves airtight galleries which shut out light, diseases, most enemies. These galleries also keep their colonies humid and draftless, so that the soft-bodied insects do not dry up. This sheltered existence makes termites hard to fight. When soil-nesting termites travel to find wood, they construct long covered runways, which may reach even to the second floor of a house...
...teacher finds the room stuffy, goes to the Austral Window, gently pushes it. Hung on a central pivot, the counter-weighted sash swing easily into one of half a dozen draftless positions...
...m.p.h., increase power 12%, improve pickup; 2) automatic thermostat that prevents warm water from the motor circulating through the radiator until the engine has warmed up, thereby improving cold weather starting; 3) windows that move not only up and down, but also slightly sideways to provide a slit for draftless ventilation; 4) a more stylish radiator grill; 5) increases of $5 to $35 in the prices of passenger models, decreases of $20 to $30 in the prices of commercial models...
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