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Here's how the Selective Service says a draft would operate...
...pool of 20-year-olds is exhausted, the government will proceed to draft 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 19, and 18-year olds, in that order...
...sure what I would do if Congress called for a draft. I would want to resist out of anger, but my resistance would only shift the burden to somebody less well...
...device is about the size and shape of a clipboard. In place of a keyboard and an electronic mouse, there is a large liquid-crystal screen and a small electronic stylus. Want to draft a note? Just write directly on the etched-glass screen as you would on a piece of paper; the writing is transformed into letters that appear as if by magic. Want to change a word? Just circle it. Want to cross out a sentence? Just scratch it out. Want to add a phrase? Just draw a little caret under the insertion point and start writing. Capitalizing...
Still, considering the conflict's early stage, members of the anti-war movement say the movement is remarkably strong in numbers and very well organized. And they note that in the '60s, it took years of fighting in Vietnam--plus the end of college deferments for the draft--to catalyze the nation's youth into a cohesive protest movement...