Word: hardships
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Student and occupational deferments should be abolished, except for men in officer training programs and men in special hardship categories...
...eliminate the problem of uncertainty that has poisoned the prospect of military service for so many in recent years. Either a man will be notified of his obligation at the age of 18, or he will be released permanently. Holding the lottery later than 18 would work a special hardship on those who plan to get a job immediately after high school, since employers hesitate to spend money training men who may soon be drafted...
...final scene, the question is put again with inquisitorial ferocity. Reunited with his wife at last, the hero finds her a middle-aged ruin, with skin like cracked mud and a rapist's baby in her arms. In her eyes he sees the wreck that horror and hardship have made of him. At that instant, a newsman arrives to take a picture of them. "Everybody smile!" the photographer hollers with a snarling cheeriness that the horrified hero sees as a caricature of his own mindless optimism. "Keep smiling! Keep smiling...
...With hardship allowances and other premiums, the county agents will boost their average Stateside salaries of $9,000 to about $16,000. They insist, however, that it is not just the money that attracts them. "I believe in this technical assistance," says Marvin Belew of Centerville, Tenn., 53, a civilian air-transport-command navigator in World War II and a county agent for the past 15 years. "It's a chance to help." Charles Wissenbach, 32, of Williamsburg, Mass., is a Mormon who sees his service as "something the Lord would want me to do." William Schumacher, of Catskill...
...Certain hardship cases should be recognized as a basis for deferment, but these cases don't justify deferments, for all students...