Word: exempted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what about those Americans sent to fight in the jungles of Vietnam? Were they suddenly exempt from their moral responsibility to protest an immoral war? As long as they followed the rules of war (the Geneva Conventions) should they have been excused from the rules of morality? Twenty years ago, the anti-war movement said no. Today it says...
Since Harvard is a non-profit institution, it is largely exempt from Boston city taxes. But Harvard has traditionally offset the loss of city revenues with a voluntary contribution, including a payment of more than $1 million in the past year...
Although they were exempt for much of the Vietnam War, college students are today fair game for the draft. They can petition to postpone their service until the end of the semester, or, if they are in their final year of a degree program, until the end of the year...
Hardship dependencies, those in the National Guard or military reserves, clergymen and those studying for the clergy are all exempt from the draft...
...military ban on gay men does not exempt them from reporting for physical exams, but those familiar with the process say that, with proof, gays can claim exemptions under a clause that disqualifies those with "disabling mental or physical condition...