Word: civilianized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Cambridge City Council defeated a proposal to hire a civilian police commissioner Monday night because of conflicts in Cambridge's residency requirements...
Graham then asked that the council delay for one week its vote on the proposal to hire a civilian police commissioner in order to resolve the conflicts in Cambridge's residency laws...
...Palestinian Movement has undergone a dramatic change since the Lebanese Civil War began. In their long and cruel confrontation with the Syrians and the Christian-Lebanese, they have suffered huge losses of civilian lives and have been subjected to serious military and political setbacks...
Less than a month after it ousted the fractious democratic government of Prime Minister Seni Pramoj, the Thai military's 24-man National Administrative Reform Council (NARC) formally turned over the reins of authority to a civilian Cabinet. In ceremonies presided over by King Bhumipol Adulyadej, NARC'S nominal chief, Admiral Sangad Chaloryu, even bade an official farewell to the nation as a new civilian Prime Minister, Tanin Kraivixien, 49, was sworn in. A former justice of the Thai Supreme Court, Tanin announced that Thailand would be "guided" by stages back to full democracy. "From...
...snail's pace seems an apt metaphor for Tanin's plans to delay transition back to "full democracy" for at least eight years. Meanwhile, NARC's military bosses will remain as Thailand's real rulers, ready to step in if any civilian regime falters...