Word: civilianized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...city has to be able to cope with change, and there is a need for change now in Cambridge," Anderson says. "There is room for a civilian capacity from what I understand, and a commissioner provides that needed middle ground between the citizens and the city...
...picked up massive bursts of gamma rays similar to those released during the explosion of atom bombs. But these bursters, as gamma-ray scientists began to call them, did not match any known pattern. They were brief, lasting from only a fraction of a second up to 100 seconds. Civilian experts were called in to study the data, and the Soviet-nuclear-test theory was eventually ruled out. But scientists remained puzzled: What were those fleeting yet powerful flashes of gamma rays, and where did they come from...
Though the embattled Gates announced a tepid 10-point police-department program to prevent further episodes of brutality, including a civilian review of use-of-force policies, that is unlikely to satisfy his critics. More hardball is likely to be played before the trial of the four officers, which is scheduled for May 16. A grand jury is still considering whether to bring charges against other officers who were present at the beating but did not attempt to stop...
Some intelligence experts suspect that the truth lies somewhere in between: Tehran may have agreed to give sanctuary to Iraqi transport and civilian planes, about 20 of which fled to Iran even before the air war began in mid- January. Once it did, the Iranians continued to allow transport planes from Iraq to land in their territory unimpeded. But when Iraqi MiGs and Su-24s began to cross over as well, Iran's air-defense system went on alert, some of the planes were chased away by Iranian fighters, and two of them, according to British intelligence, were shot down...
...friends who are members of our armed forces are safe. However, I am disgusted at the disregard for Iraqi life by American policymakers, military strategists and news media. Most of all, I am shocked at the way most Americans are ignoring the carnage in Iraq. The dead Iraqi soldiers, civilian men, women and children must be mourned. We must take responsibility for their deaths. They were killed by our military, in the name of our ideals and for the preservation of our advantage in the region...