Word: mixes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...mixture of both. But he cannot order the drafting of 19-year-olds first, working up to the older men in ascending age-sequence. The law requires inducting the oldest men first within each age-group. The Defense Department has devised infinitely variable systems to achieve the desired age mix, all of which are un- random and penalize men born early in the calendar year, fiscal year, month, or season...
...openly, eclectic (see color pages). States Sears, Roebuck's Director of Design Richard D. Butler: "The period room is a thing of the past." With the prices of authentic antiques soaring as the worldwide supply diminishes, it was inevitable. The decorator, as a consequence, has become an artful mix master...
Within the framework of the 1967 Military Selective Service Act, the President may direct draft boards to draft first the oldest men under 26, or 19-year-olds, or a certain mixture of the two. Every scheme yet devised by the Defense Department to determine the mix is unfair to someone. Johnson is said to be leaning toward a plan under which the monthly mix would be determined by the proportion of men of each age in the eligible pool; thus if half the men in the pool are 21, half of each month's call-up would...
...more affluent students away from the conservatism of their parents. But when students find themselves torn between the attitudes of their parents and of the university, many, he says, tend to "escape the choice by abstaining from politics and accepting the doctrine that school and politics do not mix...
They still complement each other neatly, but the interplay between them lacks the subtle Laurel and Hardy mix of hostility and mutual dependence, not to mention their patient skill at milking a gag. And so Smashing Time ends up as little more than a lot of pratfalling and pie-throwing...