Word: eighteens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Conant proposal would draft all men at eighteen or when they complete high school. There would be no deferments. Even men normally classified as 4-F, but able to handle clerical work and the like, would be taken into the Army for a two year training period...
...Rugby Club meets Princeton's rugby team this morning at 11 a.m. on Bedford Field in Princeton. Eighteen ruggers made the trip to New Jersey, where they will try to maintain their season's unbeaten record. In one encounter they have tied, 0 to 0, with M.I.T...
Massucco, five ft., ten in., is the Holy Cross punter. At 25, he will be the oldest player on the field today. In eighteen kicks, he has averaged over 40 yards...
...might be of vital importance for national defense and other purpose. Can we afford a two-year hiatus in college and professional training? Would there necessarily be such a hiatus in the production of scientists, doctors, etc. if every one were taken into national service for two years at eighteen, or could that gap be made up by shortening college or professional training or otherwise...
Good, Bad, Indifferent. Against the common danger, the U.S. was slowly mobilizing its defenses. Eighteen months ago, President Truman had ordered up a study of civilian defense. Last fortnight the National Security Resources Board issued a careful, lengthy set of instructions to local governments. Net of NSRB's study: the states must be primarily responsible for organizing themselves and for their own welfare in the event of attack; they would get some federal aid in stockpiling and training...