Word: civilianizes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...think we do a disservice to the Vietnamese and to our own men when we characterize it as such," he said quietly. "I do not mean to say there are not prostitutes in Saigon. There are in Washington, and I do not mean to say that civilian and military personnel of our country are not patronizing them. They...
...state of mind about the political picture. Clad in a canary-yellow flight suit and sipping Jim Beam bourbon from a paper cup, he held an impromptu press conference at the Mekong Delta town of Can Tho. Ky said it would be at least a year before the new civilian government demanded by the Buddhists could be legally elected-and added that he expected to remain in power for that period. "Elections for a constituent assembly will be held as scheduled, some time in September," Ky explained. "The assembly will draw up a constitution. The congress must be chosen...
...Cong's far more common tactics of terror and brutality, for the very good reason that the Communists want no photographers around. Since the beginning of 1964, some 2,700 Vietnamese government officials have been killed or kidnaped by the Viet Cong while trying to go about their civilian duties. Another 9,000 Vietnamese peasants were killed or kidnaped last year alone, though they had no connection whatsoever with the government. The kidnaped are usually forced into Viet Cong military service or labor gangs. The dead are those who refuse-and die undocumented...
David Cheshire, as Bloody Five--the name stems from an incident involving a number of unfortunate natives--sported a Dali-esque mustache and spat out his lines from between clenched teeth. His ranting remained interesting, and his transformation into a bowler-hatted and betailed civilian--following orders from an enterprising campfollower--was perhaps the evening's comic highpoint...
Rambunctious Adolescents. The flap over grade fixing brought into the open the smoldering feud between the civilians on the faculty and the Navy. Many of the civilians feel like "second-class citizens," and a number have resigned. One of those quitting in protest, English Teacher Richard C. Vitzthum, 29, accused the academy of treating its "civilian faculty as a commodity which it has bought like provisions for the mess hall." Paradoxically, despite the protection of the flunk quota, overall attrition is high: 35% of the average freshman class of 1,300 drops out by graduation. One reason is the hazing...