Word: civilianized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...civil war. While working the bush on one of his peace missions, he was ambushed and clubbed to death by the guerrillas with whom he had sought dialogue. Peech, who is survived by his American wife, Michela, a son and daughter, was the 204th white and the 2,191st civilian to die in Rhodesia since the armed racial struggle began six years...
...goes in the chilly waters off Norway these days, where a fleet of ostensibly civilian Soviet ships has been poking about where it has no apparent business. In the past five weeks, at least ten Russian craft have played nautical cat and mouse with the Norwegians. Says Norway's chief of defense staff, General Sverre Hamre: "We seem to be subject to something like old-fashioned gunboat diplomacy...
...cost of maneuvers and also increases expertise. The thought was that by spreading our expertise around, we might induce some of these guys into the military, among other things. We also thought we might pick up a few ideas for our own simulations." Carrico and his colleagues gave the civilian amateurs high marks for their skills at play-fighting. Said Lieut. Bill Bradburn, 25, a field-artillery officer: "Some of them are amazingly adept. They have a tremendous grasp of some of the theory and doctrine that is taught in the Army. They keep very current. Some of them seem...
...nzer was partly to blame for this calamitous brush with democracy. He had wanted to put off civilian elections until 1980, but came under heavy U.S. pressure to move the date forward. The way things now stand, a 1980 election might have been the better idea after...
...Ecuador, where the armed forces have ruled since a 1972 coup, free elections produced at least the prospect of a civilian winner. In fact, there are now two runoff candidates for the country's presidency. The current favorite is the candidate least beloved by the Ecuadorian military: Jaime Roldós Aguilera, 37, leader of the populist Concentration of Popular Forces party (CFP). Roldós received 31% of the 1,408,316 votes cast. His closest rival in a six-candidate field was Sixto Duran Ballén, 57, the army's favorite, with 23%. The runoff...