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...Select names for the draft at random or by lottery. One of the year's 365 days would be picked from a fishbowl. Thus, if April 1 were the date drawn, all men age 19 who were born on that date would be draftable. If there were not enough to fill the quota, another date would be randomly chosen and the process repeated. Among other things, this plan eliminates the burden falling unfairly on those born early in the year. Presently, they are the first to be called...
...long a minority, have displayed their divisions. Yet the Senate G.O.P. now includes a band of moderates and liberals increasingly disposed to cross party lines to vote with their ideological counterparts on such issues as ABM and civil rights. Last week, as the 43 Republican Senators prepared to select Everett Dirksen's successor as minority leader, the factional lines of stress became clear...
...years the local lament has been that Harvard cross-country coach Bill McCurdy can select any five men he wishes and win any meet he wants to. This afternoon. when the Crimson meets Northeastern at Franklin Park, he may have...
Changing the make-up of the stockholders from ten officers or alumni to five students and five non-students(alumni, officers, and employees). The stockholders would continue to be self-replenishing. The non-student stockholders would continue to serve two-year terms and to select replacements when vacancies arise...
While we believe that each of the faculties should determine the manner in which it will select its delegates to the Committee on University Governance, we wish to make it clear that students, as well as faculty, should be chosen to serve. We would urge that no faculty should be without student representation and also that, at least in the case of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, one non-tenured officer of instruction should be included...