Word: validating
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...didn’t know better.” During his senior year of high school, Kanz reported to the draft office to have a physical and to sign forms. He had already been accepted at Harvard, but the government didn’t buy it as a valid excuse for getting out of service. Kanz says that despite arguments about the constitutionality of this process, the criteria for recruitment varies each year depending upon how many people the military needs, and it was a particularly hard year when he graduated from high school...
...supplying the names, but few have been received so far. "The names just aren't coming in as quickly as we would like," says a State Department official. "And to be honest, we always asked for 10,000 with the hope that 1 out of 8 would be a valid candidate." One problem: checking the records of those nominated. "We have to make sure no one is a terrorist or double agent," says the State Department official. "You don't want to be training anyone who's going to wind up running back to Baghdad giving the full names...
Kiely also said the English department never withdrew the invitation from Paulin, but voted only to reaffirm that the invitation was still valid...
...University attorney, told The Crimson, in comparing the FLA and the WRC, “The WRC is at this point not as advanced…If things move along, we won’t rule out looking to join.” This objection is no longer valid. The WRC, in its relatively short history, has seen great success and progress; the FLA, behind which the University continues to hide, has seen none. It is indisputable that Harvard apparel is being made under horrendous working conditions, and WRC membership is the first step that the University must take...
...said he agreed with the general idea of close presidential control of the military, but said that generals had valid reasons to be wary of too much civilian interference...