national service

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Prosperity itself can be a form of national service.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The committee behind the initiative maintains that requiring every Swiss citizen, regardless of gender, to do national service in the army or in a civilian capacity would strengthen the social cohesion.

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

During the year ended in September 2023, nearly 28% of retirement-age individuals formally volunteered through an organization, estimates AmeriCorps, the government agency for national service and volunteerism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

Andrew Fyffe, from Govan Law Centre, runs the statutory national service which supports parents to appeal against local authority decisions on special schools.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025

It appears that Sir Robert relies in part upon these frightful falsehoods for effecting a national service by rousing the fears of the Roman Catholic landholders.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 by Various