Word: ninefold
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...gains that the union has made would warm any G.I.'s heart. In eight years, the soldiers' union has increased pay for draftees nearly ninefold (from $21 a month to $180.55), reduced service time from 24 months to 16 months and made officers more respectful of the men under them. Along the way, the union forced the Defense Ministry to abolish saluting (except on ceremonial occasions), did away with regulations regarding length of hair and beards and ended all weekend duty in barracks...