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...Miami, the Contras announced formation of a new "civilian-military commission" to replace the old directorate, several of whose members have resigned and returned to Nicaragua...
State television said Communist leaders would discuss an "action program" of political and economic reforms, plans to set up a constitutional court to protect citizens' rights and a law that would set up a civilian service as an alternative for those drafted by the military...
...Will you return to civilian rule in 1990 as you promised...
...said democracy. We didn't say civilian rule. We do not dichotomize this business of civilian and military. You will find soldiers who are members of parliament...
...says Jim Worlund, an Oakland emergency planner, referring to an amputation performed on a victim on the collapsed Nimitz Freeway, "that's hard to live with." Dr. Edward McCarroll of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Washington last year conducted a survey of 150 military and civilian personnel who participated in rescue efforts at military disasters. He found that many were overwhelmed when they discovered a body that resembled them or when they handled victims' effects, like wedding rings. "All they can think of," he says, "is 'That could have been...