Word: drafting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Harvard will take it on the chin financially if Congress passes the draft, and only a new jump in tuition and rent will pull...
These rises will not come next year, he said, but will almost certainly take place in 1949 if the draft goes through...
...Congress passes the Andrews Bill, every non-veteran student has a four-to-one chance of ducking the draft...
Excluding veterans, most of whom are exempt from the bill, there are three million American men who fall into this age group. In its present form, however, the proposal sets a limit of 620,000 on the number of men the Army may draft...
Even so, there are 1.2 million 19-year-olds who never even saw a draft board. This group alone is twice as large as the number of men the Army may induct...