Word: civilianized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...constitutional changes could be completed in only three months and a general election held by next fall. Other nettlesome questions concerned the role of the army: how soon it might be willing to lift martial law, for instance, and how much free rein it might be willing to give civilian politicians. But for the moment even opposition leaders are praising the restrained post-assassination behavior of the military, whose senior officers genuinely seem to want to establish solid civilian rule. Says Kim Young Sam: "The army has no intention of entering into the business of politics or grasping power...
...does today. While the Soviets have been eroding the West's lead in weapons technology, in recent years the pact has enormously increased its offensive firepower by deploying the lethal SS-20 mobile missile and the Backfire bomber-intermediate-range nuclear weapons systems capable of devastating military and civilian targets anywhere in Western Europe...
Besides coping with obstreperous labor leaders, the new President must also develop a strategy for curbing the army's insatiable tendency to intervene in governmental affairs. She also faces potential opposition from disenchanted civilian politicians. Gueiler has no illusions about the difficulty of her task. Asked if she had a remedy for Bolivia's chronic political instability, Gueiler replied: "That is a question that I sincerely wish I had an answer...
...policymaking center for deciding the fate of the Iranian people, and was indispensable for the survival of the Shah's regime. It is well-known in Iran that American Ambassadors were close advisors to the Shah and that the Enbassy was involved in the assignment of the top-level civilian and military posts. In short, despite President Carter's failing memory, the American government has been directly responsible for the the events in Iran during the Shah's regime. And this is in the name of you, the American people...
...remains to be seen whether the new refugees headed for Thai camps are suffering from the profound psychological damage evidenced by the Khmer Rouge and their civilian followers. But for almost all the refugees the future is unrelievedly bleak. The majority have no relatives or other ties abroad, and thus they will find it difficult to emigrate. Many have no skills and no training of any kind...