Sentences with phrase «of draft age»

Then, too, the Vietnam War marginalized no one of draft age and everyone, and Dale Brockman Davis sets out eight mismatched but life - size warheads as sculpture.

Any man of draft age on May 17, 1917, knew or should have known that his first obligation was to his country; and any contract entered into after that date should have been entered into with the condition that he was subject to draft and might be called for military service.»

If you're a man of draft age and were married one year ago today, you can claim an exemption from military service on the ground that your departure will cause your wife economic hardship.

For the last century or so, people in the US generally graduate from high school at 18 (plus or minus), can enter into contracts, leave home without parental permission, vote (though that's more of a result of the draft age being 18), and are otherwise considered adults.

A poll was taken (perhaps by Gallup, I no longer remember): an overwhelming percentage of the young men of draft age who were polled said they preferred not to be drafted.

Not exact matches

Sure, he registered for the draft after he returned from France, but by that time he was already out of the window of draft vulnerability, which is the year one is age nineteen.

The Muslims still accept a book, which was drafted by a false prophet, called Muhammad, in the beginning of the dark age (around 600 a. D.).

Despite the availability of multiple drafts and versions, as a rule the text in the modern age has a canonical variant determined by the author.

Schlafly again turned to the grassroots, galvanizing family - oriented, religious women to flood state legislative halls and remind the lawmakers that the ERA threatened to mandate unisex bathrooms, same - sex marriage, no - holds - barred abortion, drafting women into the military, and eliminating alimony for cast - off middle - aged wives who had devoted themselves to their homes instead of building careers.

The faith - group programs, representing Protestant, Catholics, and Jews, have consistently provided documentaries, dramas, and discussions which dealt with issues almost never touched by commercial broadcasting: the economic factors behind nuclear armaments; the issues behind draft evasion (during the Vietnam War); the real causes of worldwide starvation; and the problems of people who are ignored almost completely by the media, such as the aging who can not live on their pensions, unwed mothers, farm workers who have no homes, undocumented aliens whom we wish to employ but not pay, and refugees we are sending back to certain death in their own countries.

Knowing they need to draft a QB, regardless of what they do, they can afford to take as much of a gamble on Bradford's knee as they can on Brees» age.

but this is regarded as one of the best QB drafts in ages, and they have two picks in the top 4.

The reign of Stern also saw the institution of the NBA Draft age limit, the creation and development of the NBA Draft Lottery, the NBA Developmental League and numerous rule changes that had a profound impact on the game.

The NBA Rookie Diary of Gerald Green (PLAYERS, Nov. 21) provides a perfect example of why NBA commissioner David Stern pushed so hard to establish an age limit for the draft.

I'd say that the owner defaulting on payments and ensuing bankruptcy putting the team in control of the banks, whose goal was to minimize costs, not win on the ice, led to not being able to replace the aging core of the team via free agency, and the years of trading the first / picking late in the first / drafting players like Fistric with their first led to them not having a young core to turn to.

Staal grewup on his family's sod farm in Thunder Bay, Ont., and like the three brothersdestined to follow him into the NHL - defenseman Marc, 19, may play for the NewYork Rangers next season; center Jordan, 17, should be drafted in the top fivethis Saturday; and 15 - year - old Jared is on track to develop into a pro-caliberwinger-he began driving the tractor at around age six, rolling sod (the pay: $ 5an hour, with yearly increases of a buck, only slightly less than a Stanley Cupshare).

When Todd Van Poppel made his major league debut at age 19 in 1991, he was sporting a $ 1.2 million contract, which had been a record for a draft choice the year before, and had the weight of unrealistic expectations on his shoulders.

The league's current structure for signing international amateurs — players born outside the United States ages 16 - 22 and with less than five years of experience in a professional league recognized by MLB — involves allotted signing bonus values for teams, with more money available the worse a team's record the previous year, very much like a draft.

With Terence Newman's age and the somewhat disappointing career of Trae Waynes, the Vikings could be back to looking for a cornerback early in the draft.

Before starring at Marquette and being drafted 30th overall in 2011, the Tomball, Texas, native was homeless at the age of 13 when his mother put him on the street (with his father playing no part in his life), and he later lived with an adopted family.

Michael McNamara, Dampener of Hopes and Distributor of Cold Water, challenged people to find someone drafted in the second round, who was a regular rotation player for a playoff team in the age 19 or 20 season.

It is the belief of the owners that the best way to counter the losses incurred by the league is to propose changes to the current CBA that include: the institution of a hard salary cap with incentive - based salaries that also includes a salary floor, elimination of free - agent exceptions, raised age limits for players to enter the draft, revenue sharing among all NBA teams, and as a last resort, relocation or contraction of teams in the league.

I don't know how much NFL teams consider the age of the guys they draft.

Two weeks before the 49ers open one of the final seasons of the Steve Young - Jerry Rice era, you would think San Francisco would be kicking itself for not having devoted enough high draft picks or free - agent money to shore up an aging and depleted offensive line.

With Chandler's age, Len's lack of real improvement and Sauce's size restrictions it would be great to be able to draft a big this year and not have to worry so much about the PG spot.

Height: 6» 1» Weight: 190 Age: 19 Last: 77 Stats: 17.6 PPG, 6.8 RPG, 4.7 APG Bowman is more of a name to watch for next season's draft after an impressive sophomore year, capable of playing uptempo, pushing the pace and attacking the basket with either hand.

Height: 6» 11» Weight: 240 Age: 18 Last: 59 Stats (Adriatic League): 11.7 PPG, 6.9 RPG, 2.0 BPG With a strong build and some fluidity to his game, Bitadze has been an impact player for Mega Bemax, which has helped send a number of prospects into the draft in recent years.

Height: 6» 10» Weight: 215 Age: 19 Last: 6 Stats (2016 U18 FIBA Americas): 15.8 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 2.4 APG While he's still ticketed as an early selection, Porter's draft situation remains in a bit of flux.

Height: 6» 6» Weight: 205 Age: 21 Last: 41 Stats: 18.0 PPG, 4.4 APG, 43.4 % 3FG After missing the last 11 games of the season with a hand injury, Milton will sign with an agent but has a wide range of draft outcomes — he has been billed as a late first - rounder in the past, but seems to be trending more toward the second after scouts have had three seasons to pick him apart.

Height: 6» 3» Weight: 180 Age: 18 Last: 20 Stats (2017 UnderArmour Association): 15.3 PPG, 41.4 % 3FG After finishing his prep year at IMG and opting to forgo college for the draft, Simons appears set to ride a wave of mystery into a guaranteed contract thanks to his long - term potential.

NBA should just set an age limit of 18 and hold the draft The NCAA has its own agenda and it is about making money not the kids There are teenagers playing pro basketball and soccer in Europe all the time but rarely on the premier A teams.

I still think NY was in the drivers seat with Melo I don't think this was necessarily Melo picking OKC over PDX I think NY management saw our offer of ex-scrap heap players and felt the OKC offer was better Maybe Noah injury played a role I think NO would not offer up what NYC deemed to be better then the OKC trade I do think Kantor and McDermott are better then Meyers, Harkless, Noah, etc... So without one of our draftees from this year or a high draft pick NY took the best offer I trust that NO is a good judge of talent and felt giving up anything more then what he offered was not worth an aging but talented Melo

At the age of 15, Lambo was invited to train with Everton during their summer tour of the States in 2006 and went on to join F.C. Dallas in the first round draft in 2008, being capped by the United States at Under 20 level in the process.

Of the five drafted in over the summer, Mammana's purpose was most tellingly needed; a centre back with the qualities and experience needed to lessen the reliance on Portuguese calamitous Luis Neto to prove a perfect dovetail for the ageing Branislav Ivanovic.

Carlo Ancelotti is expected to draft Michael Essien back into the team, while Didier Drogba believes he's improving with age, and not the other way around even though his form in front of goal has dipped rather alarmingly in recent weeks.

The European Parliament today voted today — 393 votes in favour, 305 votes against — to reject draft EU rules on baby food, which would have allowed baby foods to contain high levels of sugar and products to be labelled for use from 4 months of age.

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted on 19 January 2016 (393 votes in favour, 305 votes against) to reject draft EU rules on baby food, which would have allowed baby foods to contain high levels of sugar and products to be labelled for use from 4 months of age.

Indonesia: USTR wants to get rid of a draft regulation to ban advertising or promotion of milk products for children up to two years of age.

The Enrollment Act established the first draft, of men aged 20 to 45.

I can't find any examples of people challenging the draft or Selective Service enrollment on the basis of age.

Note that the Confederacy started a draft of men aged 18 to 35 earlier in 1862, but they weren't part of the US at that time.

«Ripa [the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000] was drafted for the wiretap age.

Kirsty Williams has drafted a letter to Secretary of State for Wales Stephen Crabb asking for the power to lower the voting age be devolved to the Welsh Assembly, and has asked the other three Welsh party leaders to co-sign it.

Tedisco's bill, which is being drafted, would amend New York State's penal law to make any person regardless of their age who is convicted of knock out game individual assault or gang assault to face up to 25 years in prison (currently it's between 4 - 15 years depending on the age of the defendant).

Tedisco and Farley's bill, which is being drafted and is expected to be filed next week, will make any person regardless of their age who is convicted of Knockout Game individual assault or gang assault will be subject to 25 years in prison (currently it's between 4 - 15 years depending on the age of the defendant).

One of the Korean War veterans was a Holocaust survivor who fled the Nazis at 19 years of age, and was drafted into service after settling in the U.S.A..

The Cuomo administration is working with individual cities to draft age - friendly policies to serve a grayer New York, including an increase of residents with disabilities and those who need nursing care.

Under draft guidelines for the National Curriculum, due to take effect in 2014, children are to begin learning the rudiments of programming at the age of 5.

The draft measure does offer some solace to those concerned about proposed changes to the National Children's Study, which will follow the health of 100,000 children from birth to age 21.

The 100 - page draft plan released today addresses the court's findings one by one and explains why collecting accurate data on the ages of minke whales requires killing them.