Word: objection
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...didn't object to the draft itself," he says. "I expected to be called eventually, but for me the timing was all wrong." During his first angry visit to the draft board, Gary was told to come back with another letter from Cal State testifying to his student status. He did. His induction was postponed, but only until Feb. 1. Grimly, Gary Wilson began a patient-and unrewarding-series of visits to the draft board office. "I'd go down there, wait three hours to see someone," he said, "and I'd get nowhere. I was getting...
Kampala, like Rome, is built on seven hills, and to Ugandans each has its special significance. But none is so important as Mengo Hill, where a rambling brick palace on the peak is an object of universal awe. Not even the British dared violate its sanctity, for beneath its silver dome lived the Kabaka (ruler) of Buganda, largest and richest of Uganda's five ancient kingdoms. Buganda's rulers were so powerful in colonial days that they were always granted considerable autonomy by the British. Cambridge-educated Sir Edward F. W. Walugembe Mutebi Luwangula ("Freddy") Mutesa...
Laymen have always been inclined to regard a bullet or a metal fragment in the heart as a sentence of death. And until World War I, most surgeons agreed. Sometimes they could remove the offending object and the patient would live-but the operations were often as deadly as the fragments. Now a 20-year follow-up of World War II injuries shows that, despite all surgery's advances, in many cases it is still better to leave a bullet in the heart...
...should hold the referendum? The Administration, afraid perhaps of being implicitly bound by the outcome, has refused to sponsor the poll, though it does not object to the vote's taking place. The political organizations, such as SDS, are understandably reluctant to organize the referendum, fearing students will construe the whole thing as a propaganda stunt. This leaves the Harvard Undergraduate Council, which is politically neutral, independent of official Harvard, and experienced in matters of this sort. The HUC should move immediately to execute the mandate of this week's petition...
...bill's supporters are trying to push it through Congress before the public can object, and they have a powerful enough lobby for success if there is no publicity. Harvard and Radcliffe students can help fight the threat by signing the petitions now circulating and by writing their congressmen and President Johnson. Charles V. Martin...