The forms were designed to offer few details; as one version was drafted, the words "mental disturbance or unconsciousness" were replaced with "discomfiture".
Is "drafted" the right word for the Toilet Bowl?
When the architects of our democracy drafted the magnificent words in the constitution and Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note (something I am familiar with as a former bank CEO) to which every American would fall heir.
When the founders amended the constitution (note they AMENDED the constitution) and drafted the ineptly worded 2nd Amendment, the most high-tech weapon people had access to was a muzzle-loading musket.
For good or bad, my guess is that it will take the White House a total of five minutes to figure out its answer to the half dozen marijuana petitions (assuming it recalls the President's published speeches) and maybe a few hours to draft the specific wording in the replies.
There was also an account of the region's multicultural history; pictures of the Ackerman homestead, the DeVoe Andreas farm; an etching of a schooner; a photo of a farmer with a horse and hay wagon; and a postcard view of New Bridge Landing at the Zabriskie-Steuben House where Thomas Paine drafted the "American Crisis" and the words, "These are the times that try men's souls".
The Pope is also understood to have had a hand in drafting the carefully worded proposition by which the matter was put to a vote.
Mr. Kerry's old friend Adam Walinsky, who helped him draft the strongly worded anti-Vietnam War speech to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that marked the start of his political career in 1971, noted the contrast between Mr. Kerry's outspoken youth and his much more cautious Senate career.
In the 998-page draft, the word "limitation" is used 76 times, "uncertainty" 43 times and "insufficient" – as it relates to insufficient information, data or evidence – is used seven times.
