Word: civilianizes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Magsaysays among them. They were not running for a legislature. They represented no political parties. They stood on no platform other than their own appeal-and their desire, in the face of assassination threats by the Viet Cong, to shape a constitution that will prepare the way for civilian rule in Viet...
Above Control. The Dominican military, which long considered itself above civilian control, last week felt the touch of Balaguer's authority. The military man in question was Brigadier General Elias Wessin y Wessin, whose elite troops had initially turned back the rebels in Santo Domingo, but whose continued presence had so disrupted peace negotiations that the U.S. hustled him out of the country last September...
Because they did not learn enough in school, 300,000 young potential recruits each year flunk the armed forces' simple aptitude tests. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara partly blames civilian teachers who not only failed to impart knowledge, but sent students into "a mental fog of boredom, confusion and noncomprehension." He thinks that the stripped-down, highly functional, systems-analyzed teaching techniques of Defense Department schools can reach these kids, and he expects to "salvage" 100,000 of them a year...
Discreet Complaints. Schriever's difficulties with McNamara were hardly unique and will likely be experienced by his successor, General James Ferguson, 53, whose last job was deputy chief of staff for research and development. While many other prominent service leaders clashed loudly with their civilian superiors in the Defense Department, Schriever was discreet about his complaints. Apparently he intends to continue being that way as he begins a new career as a Washington-based industrial consultant. Unlike the bevy of generals who got the last word in their arguments with civilian superiors by writing mem oirs, Technocrat Schriever plans...
...Siddeley has been losing other business, though, including the engine contract for Britain's TSR-2, a tactical reconnaissance plane which the government decided to cancel last year. Meanwhile, Rolls-Royce has been rolling with its new Spey jet, which is being ordered for both U.S. and British civilian and military aircraft...