Word: civilianization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...deplored big spending and even objected to revenue sharing as a strain on the federal budget. But during the recession, he has called for Government intervention to counter unemployment. He introduced a bill to create 840,000 summer jobs for unemployed youths and urges a revival of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the New Deal agency that put tens of thousands of young people to work on federal conservation projects around the country. To stimulate the depressed housing industry, Bentsen has proposed giving a 20% tax credit to parents who place $250 a year in savings accounts for their children...
...foreign affairs. Generally, he goes along with his fellow Democrats' attacks on détente and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Though a hard-liner on defense, Bentsen often raps the Pentagon for sloppy analysis and wasteful spending, asking: "Can this country afford a $17 billion-a-year civilian defense payroll that is purely for support rather than combat purposes...
...political deadlock that has paralyzed government administration in Portugal since July. That cleared the way for Pinheiro de Azevedo to be sworn in along with a new, strikingly moderate Cabinet-the sixth provisional government since the revolution began 17 months ago. Military men were awarded four Cabinet posts, civilian independents three. The remainder were apportioned according to the April election results: four to Socialists, two to Popular Democrats, one to a Communist. The critical Foreign Ministry went to Major Ernesto Melo Antunes, a moderate Marxist-in Portuguese terms-who helped engineer the rapid decolonization in Africa and recently led armed...
Kissinger's mission was to sell Congress* on the soundness of the Sinai accord he had worked out between Israel and Egypt. Since the agreement includes not only massive sweeteners in the form of U.S. aid but also the stationing of U.S. civilian technicians in the Sinai to monitor the truce electronically, Kissinger and President Ford are seeking a congressional resolution of support. Such a resolution, they hope, will not only silence domestic critics but also provide tangible support to Egypt's President Anwar Sadat and Israel's Premier Yitzhak Rabin, who are both being hounded...
...roll call of officers who remained loyal to Rodriguez. Air force planes buzzed the occupied palace, which was soon surrounded by troops of the loyal Vencedores battalion. By 4 in the afternoon it was all over. The rebel troops surrendered, but in the confusion, Gonzalez−dressed in civilian clothes−somehow managed to walk out of the palace unnoticed and gain asylum in the Chilean embassy nearby...