Word: draft
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There is no joy at these tidings among the elderly Irishmen who have been sampling the delights of Kings Tavern's draft beer since it first opened, as the "Essex Lunch," 32 years...
...change, of course, is inevitable, and not wholly evil. Nick Harris is carrying with him the best commodity, after all, of his old place: the draft beer...
...Kings Tavern draft is known far and wide. It is so good that one of United Airlines' brochures urges visitors to be sure to visit Kings Tavern in Harvard Square and sample the draft beer, and newspapers from as far away as San Francisco have printed laudatory articles about the beer...
Previously, young men who defied the draft and wanted a judicial trial of their claims were left with an unpleasant choice. They could refuse induction and hope to win the ensuing criminal prosecution, or enter the service and then go through the slow process of seeking a writ of habeas corpus. Now the Oestereich and Breen decisions establish that anyone whose draft board is guilty of a "clear departure from its statutory mandate" can ask federal courts to review his case before he faces induction...
...Justice Department will have to handle those cases-and it fears a flood of litigation. Last week one top Justice official fretted that U.S. attorneys may be forced to choose between prosecuting minor violations and permitting draft evasion. "We're afraid that the people counseling antiwar protesters may urge a massive refusal to obey the regulations," he said. "If that happens, they could so clog up the courts that the entire system could break down...