Word: civilianized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...twice as many minority respondents as white feel the military isn't doing enough to address racial problems, the great majority of problems reported were relatively innocuous. Further, 82 percent of white soldiers reported having a close black friend, a significantly higher proportion than reported by surveys of the civilian population...
Many within the military say that the armed forces' climate of teamwork promotes racial cohesiveness; at the same time, it can't entirely exclude the problems of the civilian world. "You talk to most soldiers and they say they're green," says TIME Washington correspondent Mark Thompson, referring to the color of Army uniforms. "But while things may be better once you're inside, the military can't erase human nature or the fruits of living in the outside world for 18 years. When you take them aside, they're real people who feel resentment and jealousy...
...opinion relies upon truthfulness from the press. Yet, this truthfulness is complicated by the fact that the Russian government enjoys a virtual monopoly over mass media. The government has severely restricted live coverage of the events in Chechnya on national television, effectively keeping millions of Russians uninformed of catastrophic civilian casualties. More troublesome is that the Russian government has restricted foreign and independent news agencies' access to Chechnya as well. Most of the Russian government's claims about the Chechen conflict cannot be independently corroborated, meaning that the Russian people--and the world--are basing their opinions almost entirely...
...Pakistan? Just-deposed premier Nawaz Sharif found himself in the Big House Monday, facing charges of kidnapping and attempted murder - and there's a warrant out for his predecessor, too. Benazir Bhutto, however, is relatively safe, living in exile in London. But don't forget her father, the previous civilian prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was hanged in 1977. In an exclusive courtroom interview with TIME during his Friday appearance, Nawaz indicated he had no idea of the charges against him. When the judge read the indictment, the clearly disoriented ex-prime minister told TIME's Ghulam Hasnain, "This...
...that any challenge from Nawaz's supporters be neutralized, and charging him with capital offenses serves as a warning to any challengers to General Musharraf. Unfortunately for Nawaz, thus far the general is way ahead of him in the court of public opinion. Ordinary Pakistanis who've watched successive civilian administrations riddle the country with corruption have for the most part applauded the military's takeover. And that means Nawaz may be inside for quite a while...