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draftee

[draf-tee, drahf-] / dræfˈti, drɑf- /
NOUN
conscript
Synonyms
STRONG




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For weeks France's National Assembly has debated the cases of nervous Draftee Jacques Charrier, 23. cinemactor bridegroom of Cinemactress Brigitte Bardot, and Civilian Yves Saint-Laurent, 23, twice-deferred head of Paris' high-fashion House of Dior.

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McCarthy denied that he and his 27-year-old counsel, Roy Cohn, had demanded special treatment and numerous petty favors for Draftee Schine.

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But Draftee Schine's eagle eyes proved weaker than most: put into a "Grade C" physical category, he found himself pursuing his old civilian line of work at the Army's Military Police training school in Georgia.

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The cameras follow "The American Draftee" through his induction, training and service to his eventual readjustment back to civilian life.

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If he had stopped to think, he would probably not have dressed up Bell as "the nation's first draftee"�since there were 6,175 duplicates of "First Draftee" Bell, all holders of local draft boards' No. 158.

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