I'm from the US; my brother was draft-age in 1970. From Wordnik.com. [Remembering Kent State - May 4th - 1970] Reference
Spend quality time with your draft-age child/grandchild. From Wordnik.com. [12/07/2004] Reference
First priority to our five draft-age nieces and nephews. From Wordnik.com. [appeal] Reference
Manual for draft-age immigrants to Canada, by Mark Ivor Satin. From Wordnik.com. [I'll Have a "Draught Dodger!"] Reference
I anticipate my draft-age nieces and nephews sleeping on our floor. From Wordnik.com. [open thread] Reference
It's as if America's draft-age youth don't believe the nation's leaders. From Wordnik.com. [10/10/2004] Reference
He has two draft-age children, loves his country and fears his government. From Wordnik.com. [Magnetic Ribbons and the Yellowcake of Faith] Reference
Moment on Iran '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: Hang onto your hats (and your draft-age sons!). From Wordnik.com. [It's the "Oh Shit!" Moment on Iran] Reference
But the South was taking a much larger section of its draft-age population and putting them under arms. From Wordnik.com. [Robert E. Lee on Leadership] Reference
Many draft-age Americans had similar priorities – getting an education, getting married and starting a family. From Wordnik.com. [mjh's blog — 2004 — August] Reference
The VVAF poll found that only 43 percent of draft-age Americans would be willing to comply if the draft were reinstated. From Wordnik.com. [LEAVING ON A JET PLANE] Reference
National Guardsmen were dismissed; volunteers were rejected; draft-age youth were classified as -- quote -- "enemy aliens.". From Wordnik.com. [Remarks By The President At Medal Of Honor Ceremony] Reference
COOPER: Well, during the Vietnam era, Canada was a refuge for 20,000 or 30,000 draft-age American men who wouldn't go to war. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 23, 2004] Reference
Recruiting stations, unaccustomed to any task other than rounding up draft-age men, were given no blueprint for luring volunteers. From Wordnik.com. [Russia's Fading Army Fights Losing Battle to Reform Itself] Reference
Part of this discrepancy probably lay in the desire of draft-age men (18 through 45 years old) to remain in the civilian workforce. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II] Reference
A quarter of the draft-age men, white males in the South, perished in -- in the war, either from combat or from disease related to combat. From Wordnik.com. [Robert E. Lee on Leadership] Reference
When you suggest someone with draft-age offspring is a potential victim of the draft, you are showing you are a mean-spirited SOB and have no integrity. From Wordnik.com. ["McCain leads Obama by a 46% to 41% margin."] Reference
John Kenneth Galbraith was a Canadian who moved to America in the 1930s, and Jacobs was a New Yorker who moved to Toronto in the 1970s she had a draft-age son. From Wordnik.com. [Gas Guzzling Gavin] Reference
This was because the other services were forced to obtain draft-age men, including a significant number of black inductees from Selective Service, whereas the Coast. From Wordnik.com. [Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965] Reference
And even though he was draft-age during the Vietnam War and in an academic environment where people were protesting, he seems remarkably untouched by the Vietnam experience. From Wordnik.com. [Capitol Letter: Bush's Dangerous Obsessions] Reference
This entry gives the number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Few of us know what it's like to sacrifice in war because so few of us do: less than 1 percent of Americans -- and less than 3 percent of our draft-age population -- serves today in uniform. From Wordnik.com. [Christine Pelosi: Obama's Iraq Speech: Ditch "Mission Accomplished" for "Shared Sacrifice"] Reference
With less than 1% of Americans and less than 3% of our draft-age population serving in uniform, 'there is a deep civilian-military divide, which is dangerous for the heath and future of our democracy.'. From Wordnik.com. [Christine Pelosi: We Interrupt Your Attention to Cultural Warriors for News on America's Real Warriors] Reference
Manpower reaching military service age annually: This entry gives the number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft - age young adults. From Wordnik.com. [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Military manpower -- reaching military age annually: This entry gives the number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults. From Wordnik.com. [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes coined the crowded theater analogy in 1919 to explain why the federal government could imprison socialists during World War I for publishing pamphlets urging draft-age men to sign a petition against conscription. From Wordnik.com. [The Koran and Justice Breyer] Reference
Many in the US are planning to leave and many more are planning to send draft-age children abroad. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
The South Korean army could count on approximately 400,000 draft-age young men annually from 1977 to 2003. From Wordnik.com. [Foreign Policy In Focus] Reference
If they have draft-age children, they've certainly heard them discuss the myriad ways of obtaining a deferral. From Wordnik.com. [Palestine Blogs aggregator] Reference
They all being over the draft-age limit and representative technical men of repute and standing in their community, a splendid precedent of patriotism was established. From Wordnik.com. [World's War Events, Vol. II] Reference
Very attractive, if you don’t have a draft-age son. From Wordnik.com. [Frum frightened by War on Christmas consequences?] Reference
What exactly would the draft-age be?. From Wordnik.com. [10/14/2004] Reference
It's called "Just kill the draft-age men". From Wordnik.com. ["You're safe": Iraq's new unofficial draft board] Reference
2007, almost 28 percent of all draft-age males would not be drafted. From Wordnik.com. [IMRA Middle East News Updates] Reference
50,000 draft-age American men and another 50,000 American women came to Canada between the years 1964 and 1975. From Wordnik.com. [Progressive Bloggers] Reference
These were infants, 2 -, 3 -, 4 -, 5-year-olds, women, very old men, no draft-age people whatsoever. ". From Wordnik.com. [Birth of Awareness] Reference
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