Word: grantedness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The U.S. has granted special consideration to conscripts' religious scruples ever since the Civil War, when pacifists in both North and South were permitted to purchase military exemption or choose hospital work. Nonetheless, the number has always been infinitesimal: of some 10 million men inducted during World War II...
The new position is a near-total retreat from the former demand that majority rule be effected before independence would be granted. Nevertheless, Wilson was able to parlay the policy into a major diplomatic victory. Observers had predicted that last month's Commonwealth meetings in London would collapse under pressure...
Smith has shown sufficient interest during the past week to spark speculation about terms of a settlement -- at least in many African capitals. There are rumors that the former governor, Sir Humphrey Gibbs, might reopen his office as a symbolic gesture. The nation might then be granted independence and be...
Even the puns and in-jokes were enhanced by the staging. Rather than bearing through the torturous verbalistics that led to "deviate Cong" it was more enjoyable, if not much more elegant, to watch the girl hopping around in the blanket who we are told is dodging the draft. And...
Soft-spoken and scholarly, he is sensitive to deficiencies in the present system which most old hands on the firing line take for granted. Since he acquired more of his knowledge from the law library than the courthouse, his first practical experience with the nuts and bolts of crime has...