national service
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During World War II, the DuPont company turned its scientific and manufacturing capacity to national service, producing munitions, nylon parachutes, Lucite airplane turrets, and many other products for the war effort.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Murphy lays out a provocative agenda for Democrats to call Americans to national service, break up corporate power, rebuild local communities, and create a bigger tent that reaches disaffected conservatives hungry for change.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
Prosperity itself can be a form of national service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
Instead, he reasons that he might be assigned other tasks, based on the skills and experience he has gained since his national service two decades ago.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
Our occupation does not involve competition; and the daily performance of its duties we feel to be itself a kind of national service.
From A Modern Symposium by G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes) Dickinson
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