Word: civilianizes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...could not assure permanent peace, but he managed to avoid war during a perilous decade. No civilian has ever spoken more often or with greater conviction about the need to end war. In 1961, retiring to his 200-acre farm near Gettysburg, Pa.?the first home that he and Mamie ever owned?he raised cattle and tended the land. "I wanted to take a piece of ground like this that had been sort of worn out through improper use and try to restore it," he said a few years ago. "I just said that when...
...topic that embarrasses Britain and shocks nations who would otherwise be more sympathetic to Nigeria: the indiscriminate Nigerian bombing of Biafran hospitals, schools, markets and missions. Gowon insisted that this is not his policy but that he cannot always control his pilots. Neutral observers in Biafra have tallied 677 civilian dead and 1,313 wounded in 30 civilian strikes this year alone...
Outside Intervention. Wilson's concern over civilian bombings, followed by war-zone visits that turned out to be cursory, convinced skeptics that the Prime Minister had made the trip merely to appease liberal critics at home. Reported TIME Correspondent Lansing Lamont from Enugu: "He spent hours getting to the two hospital and rehabilitation centers in Enugu, then spent only a few minutes at each. On that basis he then delivered an endorsement of Nigerian refugee policies on which he had clearly made up his mind before even visiting the centers." The British did, however, extend feelers toward a meeting...
...size of a large grapefruit." His ear is attuned to the poignant quote, such as the plea of a starving boy who approached a priest and asked: "Father, what is happening to my body?" He lets unadorned facts convey his anger. After a Nigerian plane bombed a civilian marketplace, Churchill noted that "there were so many unattached feet, hands, legs and arms that it was impossible to tell to which body they belonged...
Pusey said "we [whoever that is] want it [ROTC] here" so that students can use it to satisfy their military obligations. But until a month ago conscientious objectors who were satisfying Selective Service requirements by alternative civilian work, were barred from employment at the University. A more accurate description of why President Pusey wants ROTC is his statement that "it's terribly important for the United States of America that college people go into the military." As a conscientious objector, I disagree on the importance of the military, but I realize the president's view is closer to the majority...