Word: civilianized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Havana, Western sources say, there is "demoralization and discontent" among high-level military and civilian officials over the Castro regime's commitment of regular army troops to fight in a foreign conflict. Indeed, a Western official reports that Cuba sent the troops to Angola only "with the greatest reluctance and as a result of Soviet arm twisting." The Soviets feared that the M.P.L.A. would be unable to use the sophisticated weaponry that Moscow was supplying. Since the Russians were unwilling to send in troops themselves, they pressured the Cubans into doing so. But the Cubans have suffered considerable casualties...
Cambridge will have a commissioner at the head of its police department next year if four liberals on the City Council can find a fifth supporter for the City Manager's plan to put a civilian in charge of the city's police...
...Sullivan added he made the decision to recommend that a civilian be placed above the chief rather than ask for a police major because it is a "modern procedure...
Some councilors, however, are willing to let the situation stay as it is, including Mayor Walter J. Sullivan. Sullivan--no relation to the City Manager--said he would vote against "any attempt to put a civilian in charge of the police." Councilor Thomas W. Danehy said he agrees with Mayor Sullivan...
...Dutch army has its own unions, whose members include draftees, NCOs and even officers. The German army permits soldiers to join a civilian union...