Word: civilianized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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President Costa Gomes lifted the partial siege that he had imposed on Lisbon during the rebellion, even though military authorities continued to look for 30,000 or so weapons that leftist soldiers claim to have stolen from arsenals and distributed to their civilian allies. Roadblocks were thrown up around the country, and cars were searched. Despite these efforts, however, only some 200 weapons had been recovered by week...
More than 100 officers and noncoms were arrested and flown off to prison in Oporto, and at week's end police were searching for civilian extremist leaders. Lisbon newspapers, which had largely become radical-propaganda tracts, were shut down; they will probably not print again until new moderate editors are installed. Strict rules were also promulgated to curb armed civilians, who helped create the atmosphere of anarchy. "An armed civilian is a dead civilian," warned one commando officer. President Costa Gomes even mentioned the possibility of holding parliamentary elections. The left would almost certainly be defeated in the voting...
Stubborn Views. The week began with Defense Secretary James Schlesinger's farewell. Schlesinger, who had been fired by Ford, went into his office on Sunday to polish his valedictory. He was still rewriting on Monday, with 15 minutes to go. Then, with 3,000 civilian employees and military gathered in front of the Pentagon, Schlesinger marched out to a 19-gun salute and a thunderous ovation. He was erect, pressed and combed-not his usual style. Schlesinger argued: "Whether we are successful in pursuing detente or we hedge against the possible failure of detente, a military balance remains necessary...
When he was a Marine, Oswald had qualified as a marksman and, though that is the corps' lowest of three rifleman's ratings, it makes him a good shot by civilian standards. Oswald's mother Marguerite sold two pages from his Marine rifle-score book; they show him making 48 and 49 points out of a possible 50 in rapid fire at 200 yards from a sitting position, without a scope...
...deal was approved by Bangladesh's civilian President Khondakar Mushtaque Ahmed, who turned out to be the week's next political victim. As students and followers of Mujib rioted in Dacca to protest the escape of the majors, Khondakar resigned and was replaced by Sayem. Real power, however, seemed to lie with a ten-man military council. The council's heads included Major General Khalid Musharraf, who almost immediately arrested and displaced his boss, Lieut. General Zia-Ur Rahman, as army chief of staff...