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Some people believe that protesting is useless, since the war has already started, and few believe that Bush will stop the war because of protests back home. But protest could help by making Bush think twice before he rejects a possible settlement or considers calling for a draft or a suspension of civil liberties...
...constitution that grants universal suffrage. De Klerk emphasized last week that he had no intention of agreeing to a black-dominated interim government that would oversee the transition to a new regime. At the same time, he reaffirmed plans to convene a multiracial, all-party conference to draft the new constitution...
...democratic forces in the country pointed out, the dispatch of paratroops to Lithuania last month was first justified in the same way -- as a limited move against draft dodgers. Yet it quickly turned into a bloody assault against pro-independence demonstrators that claimed the lives of 14 people...
Despite limited postering, counselors said many students approached them yesterday with both general and specific questions about the possibility of a draft. For the future, organizers say, they plan to organize daily operation hours...
...center has attracted a broad range of people who have differing views on the war, said James C. Sellman, a graduate student in history. Visitors included men worry about their own draft status, teachers with concerns about students and women who voiced worry about their friends and relatives, said another counselor, Carl T. Bergstrom...