Word: civilianizes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...About Negro Demonstrator Al Harrison's statement, "You all got me and my kind in chains. We got no business fighting a yellow man's war to save the white man": I am a Negro civilian serving in Viet Nam, not in chains, but of my own free will; I am proud to serve here...
...increasingly meaningful. And those who rely on the U.S. for defense against Communism may well ponder the costs of that "defense." We can only wonder with Langguth when he writes: "Will Thailand be reassured by a victory in Vietnam if it is achieved at a great cost to the civilian population...
...problems-its 680,000 refugees and its soaring inflation-Saigon's political situation, say old hands, is the most stable that it has been since 1960. From time to time, there are complaints that it is too stable, precisely because the military junta is running it, and that civilians ought to be in charge. Ky's Chief of State, Major General Nguyen Van Thieu, answers that bluntly: "I don't believe that any civilian government would have enough power to fight the Communists...
...Republicans get 134). Besides, Demirel himself showed that he knows where the real power lies. "The Turkish army," said he politely, "is a great asset to the nation. I don't know of any other army in the world that turned power over to a civilian Parliament only a year and a half after the revolution...
Added Advantage. These innovations have spurred helicopter manufacturers to take a fresh look at the civilian market. While awaiting Pentagon approval for its HueyCobra, Bell this week showed off a new civilian helicopter-a five-seat Jet Ranger that goes 140 m.p.h., lifts 1,500 Ibs. and is 50% more economical to operate than piston helicopters. Hughes is producing a civilian version of its observation helicopter, and Fairchild Miller, which lost out to Hughes in the military competition, is pushing its FH-1100 as a turbine-driven, $85,000 executive plane...