Word: civilianized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fact that normal equal opportunity laws do not apply to it. People who are not of adequate age, height, weight or strength to perform the highly physical duties required of soldiers are automatically disqualified from military service in a way that would be patently illegal in the civilian world...
...Matt and Andrew, both 11, of Pennsylvania, expressed concern over civilian casualties: "If we go to war, lots of innocent kids and adults would be killed. It's not their fault that Saddam Huessin won't make a deal with the United States. The people in Iraq are afraid of Saddam too. We don't think anyone really trusts...
While biological and chemical arms can potentially wreak havoc on civilian populations, they're considered inefficient, especially when delivered by Saddam Hussein's favorite transport, the Scud. "The Scud is an inaccurate weapon and the wind has to be just right," says Thompson. Still, Israel is taking notice. Statements by the chief U.N. weapons inspector that Iraq has enough biological or chemical arms to "blow away Tel Aviv" has elicited Pentagon-like tough talk from Israeli officials. "Surely Iraq must know that it will not pay to attack Israel," government spokesman David Bar-Ilan told Reuters. Israelis are being told...
This was not an unusual occurrence: that miserable machine called in sick more often than your average Massachusetts state employee. But this time, there was no service technician who could show up for a quick fix: Governor Michael Dukakis had forbidden all civilian travel under a state of emergency that was to last almost a week. Not even Pat Sorrento, the Emperor of The Crimson's shop, could make it through the snow to rescue...
...want to kill a planeload of people because we haven't properly identified the people who can do this job." Other Air Force officers point out that the plane has flown without an accident at an Air Force base at Hondo, Texas, where the instructors, who are civilians working under contract with the Air Force, have spent years flying small, piston-powered aircraft like the T-3. "If the engine quits, we know how to land the airplane and walk away from it," a civilian pilot at Hondo says. "The Air Force guys just know how to bail out when...