Word: civilianize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...youth have an unrealistic conception of manpower needs. The college student thinks that the army, like society, is capable of placing him in a highly specialized role (run a computer, teach a course in electronics, etc.) and if it cannot, it should allow him to serve the country in civilian life...
...Sons Co., will build two inland stations with a new look: the main buildings will be raised and lowered by huge motor-operated jacks designed to keep the radar-topped structures 15 ft. above the snowdrifts. Like other DEW bases, the Greenland stations will be manned almost entirely by civilian technicians...
...Prime Minister. Next day one René Ray Rivero, an official of the Ministry for the Recovery of Stolen Property who was under suspicion, shot and killed himself at Havana's police headquarters. Waiting anxiously to hear their fate were hundreds of Ousted Dictator Fulgencio Batista's civilian government employees, now in jail on charges of stealing public funds or enriching themselves by "collaborating" with the Batista regime...
...service," as such, but must choose the type of work he wants to do before going into the field. "There is no 'officer class' in America as there is in Europe where there is anelite core of men dedicated to the government," he said. "The switchover between government and civilian business activities is relatively easy," he said, "in fact I've done it six times...
...lesson is one which Congress might do well to apply to the entire AEC. Although the proposal that civilian radiation safety measures should be moved out of the Commission seems a minor one, it is actually a major step in the right direction. If adopted, the change would be a laudable step toward making the Atomic Energy Commission a responsible organization, rather than the present monopoly of fact-finding and decision-making power, which allows policy to determine what facts shall be considered instead of letting facts determine the policy...