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To: stylin19a
In a way, yes. That was definately horrible, to have control of your own life taken out of your hands. But can you imagine the anxiety of high school kids waiting to have their name drawn in a lottery, that depending on their number they might be shipped thousands of miles away to face possible death?

The weeks before the lottery happened the tension was so palpable that you could cut it like a knife. And the kids that drew in the 30's through the 80's - they were the worst. They didn't know if they would go or stay. They couldn't make plans for their lives. At least the really low numbers knew what to expect, could get on with their lives.



13 posted on 07/24/2003 7:25:14 AM PDT by I still care
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To: I still care
And the kids that drew in the 30's through the 80's - they were the worst.

Actually 91 had to worry too. The cutoffs were 195/125/95 for 70/71/72

15 posted on 07/24/2003 7:43:16 AM PDT by SJackson
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