Word: civilianized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...observers expect Obasanjo to continue Murtala's long-range program. This includes a vigorous war against corruption in government (Murtala sacked more than 11,000 civil servants and 200 army officers), a reduction of 40% in the size of the 250,000-member armed forces, and restoration of civilian rule by October...
...regulation issue for U.S. sailors and was called a skivvy shirt during World War II. It became popular with the public in 1947, when Marlon Brando wore one over rippling muscles in A Streetcar Named Desire. But no swabbie or civilian of the 1940s, suddenly confronted with the 1976 variety, would now recognize the T shirt-something that millions of Americans want to get on their chests...
...from the war. The U.S.-backed Lon Nol regime had lost control of the whole countryside, so it depended completely on American food shipments. These were inadequate; the U.S. was continuing a policy described by the Government Accounting Office in 1971: "Not to become involved in the problem of civilian war victims in Cambodia." While the U.S. stinted on food, it provided Lon Nol's regime with 95 per cent of its total revenue--for guns, to keep the Reds out of the capital. So the food shortage worsened. Rations were only sixty per cent of normal human requirements. Prices...
...overran Huambo (pop. 65,000), Angola's second largest city and the provisional capital of the F.N.L.A.-UNITA government. Despite UNITA claims that it had mounted a tough fight, Savimbi's forces had actually evacuated the city several hours before the M.P.L.A. entered it, possibly to avoid civilian casualties in an armed confrontation. A day later, Luanda radio announced the "glorious capture" of the key Atlantic ports of Lobito and Benguela, which with the capture of the east central Angolan town of Luso late in the week gave the M.P.L.A. full control of the strategic Benguela Railway, which...
...reason for the GAO's doubt that Lockheed can repay its loans on time is that civilian sales of the TriStar are lagging because of the recession: the company did not book a single order last year. Another reason is that Lockheed is counting heavily on continued large foreign sales of military equipment?and the publicity about its bribery can only hurt. The Japanese Government last week dropped tentative plans to buy $650 million worth of Lockheed's long-range, low-altitude P-3C Orion planes, which are capable of detecting and destroying submarines. Indeed, the Japanese are having second...