Word: exempt
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...what of those young men who feel that way only about the war in Viet Nam, rather than all wars in general? Last week, in a long-awaited decision, the Supreme Court held 8 to 1 that conscientious objection is an all-or-nothing proposition. It does not exempt those, however sincere, who object to some wars but not others...
...years after it was founded, Clement's church was declared exempt by French tax men. In January, however, Clement was presented with a bill for $50,000 in taxes for the past four years, an estimate based on Clement's receipts of international money orders. Clement responded with appropriate pontifical pique. "For your crying injustice, lies, threats and demands," he wired the tax man, "in view of your hatred and persecution of Clement XV and the Renewed Church, you are excommunicated...
Justice Thurgood Marshall, delivering the Court's opinion on two draft cases, said, "We hold that Congress intended to exempt persons who oppose participating in all war... and that persons who object solely to participation in a particular war are not with-in the purview of the exempting section...
...Svenska Dagbladet, published a wry cartoon showing a large billboard inscribed with what it called a message from the Minister of Defense: "It is forbidden to engage in war against Sweden during the lockout." Meanwhile, Defense Minister Sven Andersson assured critics that key men in defense posts would be exempt from the lockout...
...next day Clay announced that he had been converted to the Black Muslim faith and would henceforth be known as Muhammad Ali. Many whites immediately dismissed him as a dupe of black racists. The boxing establishment backed off. In 1966, the draft-exempt classification he had been given three years previously for flunking a mental exam ("I never said I was the smartest; I said I was the greatest") was suddenly switched to 1-A. Rather too quickly for the law, Ali was made a Muslim "minister" in order to claim a clerical exemption. He also infuriated thousands of Americans...