Word: lamb
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...feel that those who are taking the benefits should also be taking the responsibilities." That is how Joan Lamb of the Selective Service System defended an amendment to the Military Selective Service Act, passed overwhelmingly by the House last July, that requires all young men who apply for Government student loans to certify that they have registered for the draft. A federal district judge in Minnesota decided in March that this was a violation of the constitutional rights of students. But the Supreme Court last week, while not passing final judgment, ruled that the requirement should take effect...
Opponents of registration criticized the crackdown. "There is not any public tolerance for that kind of massive opening of prosecutions," says Barry Lynn, president of Draft Action. "It's still fundamentally an effort to intimidate." But Lamb says the new steps are manifestly fair: "We owe it to the 10 million who are registered to get that pool as large...
Before this week, the Justice Department had about 6,000 names, of which 15 had been indicted and six had been convicted, Joan Lamb, a Selective Service Spokesman said yesterday. In two of the cases, district court judges have ruled registration unconstitutional. The government has appealed both cases in federal appeals court
...tines haven't changed. Queen Elizabeth II was in the Western U.S. last week for a ten-day visit, before heading up to British Columbia and, this Friday, back home. Sumptuous feastings? There was everything from maple soufflé and rack of lamb (and 1966 Château Lafite-Rothschild) to a hot heap of chiles rellenos and refried beans. Banquets? In Los Angeles, the Queen ate papaya and heard George Burns tell jokes about octogenarian sex; at an official dinner in Golden Gate Park, goose-liver quenelles in pheasant broth were followed by the San Francisco Opera...
...game for dinner parties. I ask presidential critics of either far right or left what they will do next year if the economy really is better and the nukes are still in their silos. One fellow nearly choked on his lamb chop. Most have only a second or two of panic before they assemble their rebuttals on Reagan's "luck" (the oil glut) and "providence" (Brezhnev died). Who was the guy who wrote that if we've got to have a lucky...