Word: objectore
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Harvardmen might object to this possessive definition, but even the most conscientious objector could not deny the importance of both colleges in life at Harvard. Radcliffe's eminent position was even proclaimed nationally two years ago, when The Saturday Evening Post entitled an article: "They're Wearing Lipstick at Harvard...
...student pacifist on temporary leave from the University faces the possibility of federal prosecution for his stand as a conscientious objector...
...which way to turn," Fischer said last night. "Right now I'm trying to get a Presidential appeal, but my best hopes are very slim." The draft board has completely refused to reconsider his case on the grounds that Fischer does not have American citizenship, which allows a conscientious objector status...
...disheartening thing about all this," Fischer objected, "is that my citizenship papers are being delayed because the draft board won't give me a conscientious objector listing." As a citizen of Belgium, Fischer is caught in a vicious circle that apparently can have no satisfactory ending...
...There is a glimmer of hope," he admits, "in the success of some of my friends in getting a reversal over the draft boards rulings against their conscientious objector belief." One pacifist friend, Christopher Fried 3G, was able to get special draft status upon a special appeal, after both the local and state boards had turned him down...