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...indicate his preference, he must accept the draft board's decision. Generally, those with good records and the highest intelligence are sent to the air force, the strategic rocket forces or the navy. Non-Slavs, however, are usually excluded from these elite units. Says Rand Corporation Analyst S. Enders Wimbush: "Soldiers are clearly recruited in a way that reflects the worries of society. The average Russian citizen and Soviet decision maker have questions about the allegiance of the non-Slav, especially the Central Asian." Typically, ethnic minority draftees are sent to construction battalions, as are minor criminals, political dissidents...
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When Stag-Huntress Mrs. E. Wimbush of Bagborough, England lately expressed her affection for stags, the revered Manchester Guardian attempted to point out the error of the Wimbush way (TIME, March 23). Many another staghounding organization took umbrage, wrote letters flaying the Guardian. But the Guardian's editors have not yet been convinced that stag-hunting is a sublimated form of kindness to animals. Answered the Guardian...
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