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...part of the collection of general and permanent laws of the U.S. known as the United States Code. It is the Military Selective Service Act that lays out the terms and procedures for compulsory military service that were used from World War II to Vietnam. HR163, if passed, would reopen the possibility of a draft by removing the end date on mandatory induction into the armed forces that was originally set at July 1, 1973. Other portions of the Act would be modified to remove the gender specificity of certain nouns, so that women could be included in the service...
...your fancy—because it is, after all, still shopping period, primetime for procrastination—one sees, in the distance, a familiar silhouette. Relishing the fact that you’re no longer a first-year and have a dependable web of college friends, you prepare to reopen the lines of communication for yet another year. As you approach your friend, the glimmer of recognition begins. You confidently make eye contact, and shine a megawatt, albeit goofy, smile. As you begin to raise your arm to say “hey,” you witness something truly...
...professes optimism and says he forgives his enemies. "It would be a mistake to treat them the way they treat us," he said at N.Y.U.--good advice, if a double-edged bit of high-mindedness, confirming his supporters' angriest assumptions. His book and attendant commentary seem calculated to reopen old wounds. One wonders how Clinton reacted to the funeral of Ronald Reagan, another optimistic small-town son of a drunk, who served two full terms as President and was a lightning rod for the opposition. But Reagan never admitted to demons, and he was always confident about his fate. Clinton...
...rebuild costs could run from €200 to €300 million. And evidence suggests massive new investment will be required to reopen 2E even if razing the concourse isn't required. Even before the concourse opened, supporting pillars were repaired and reinforced after fissures appeared - and even that failed to prevent the audible cracking and widespread leaks that preceded the cave-in. Cracking elsewhere in the departure structure was heard after the collapse, forcing administrators to close the entire building. Even in the best of cases, says CDG director René Brun, 2E will remained closed for "months, even...
Last week the Department of Justice announced it was going to crack open history and see if anything new crawled out. Assistant Attorney General R. Alexander Acosta described a joint project with Mississippi to reopen the 1955 inquiry into the death of 14-year-old Emmett Till because "information has been brought to our attention that suggests that other individuals may have been involved in the murder." A main impetus, he said, was an unfinished documentary by novice director Keith Beauchamp...