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...Defense Department, the Marshall Commission, and the House-appointed Clark Panel-recommended changing the order of call from the present oldest first to 19-year-olds first. The new law empowered the President to make that change but severely limited his choice of a new selection system. It prohibited random selection as well as a shift that would call the youngest men first in ascending age sequence. He could have chosen to induct men from any or all of the seven eligible age groups (19 to 25 years) but was compelled to draft the oldest men first within each group...
...began to look like a random selection plan to the President and his advisers without really being fair and impartial, the essence of random selection...
...introduce as much daylight as possible, Kahn has designed slots that run along the top of each vault, permitting artfully diffused natural light to flood the galleries below. In random pattern, sections of the roof vaults have been removed to make open sculpture courts, providing greenery and glimpses...
Hershey said that he could have a lottery operating within three to four months if Congress gives its approval to a specific random plan...
...such random plan would involve drafting of a much higher proportion of 19-year-olds to older men than the recently announced policy of drafting the oldest first. This would mean that fewer seniors and first-year grad students would be drafted...