Word: civilianization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nation's leading daily El Mercurio; Allende had steered government advertising to the papers supporting him while encouraging newsprint prices to rise high enough to bankrupt the others. Additional CIA funds went to opposition politicians, private businesses and trade unions. "What we were really doing was supporting a civilian resistance movement against an arbitrary government," argues a CIA official. "Our target was the middle-class groups who were working against Allende...
...very large and convoluted place. The installation covers 46,374 acres in northwestern Alabama, and is home for over 6000 people. In nearby Anniston, Alabama, the streets are arranged in a convenient grillwork pattern, and numbered accordingly. But the military in this instance is less regular than its civilian neighbors. Every street merges into a tangle of other streets. Each building resembles the next; there are no outstanding landmarks to help the visitor find his or her way around the post. A post information officer could be a valuable assistant to a confused reporter, supplying road maps, directions, schedules...
...Turkish general staff, indeed, seemed independent even of Premier Bülent Ecevit's civilian government, adamantly vetoing any suggestion from Ankara that Greek refugees be allowed to return home until a permanent political solution had been worked out. "It is not because we want to impose anything on the Prime Minister," said a high-ranking military man. "But we are the people responsible for the lives of Turkish soldiers and Turkish Cypriots. We cannot take the risk...
...Selling space in military aircraft to civilians. The Vietnamese air force has made so much money through this practice that the civilian line, Air Viet Nam, has filed numerous complaints. Not only does the air force have more cargo planes (80 to Air Viet Nam's 16), but its pilots generally charge 50% less than the airline...
...still nourishes. One battalion in Dinh Tuong province carries 360 men on the pay book, but psychological-warfare investigators could count only 68 actual soldiers. Phantom troops show up only on pay day, turning over all or part of their pay to the commander before heading back to safe civilian jobs...