Word: civilians
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Peter F. Hagerty '68, one of the panelists, said he had regarded his Navy ROTC service as "rather benign," until he was called upon to serve in Vietnam--and refused. Hagerty did go to Vietnam, however, as a lawyer defending soldiers in cases against the military. Though a civilian, he saw a lot of killing, he said...
...different because Harvard's mission was different," says Kaseman, a Crimson editor who served as dews, editor of the Service, News. "Harvard had totally mobilized [its] civilian students," he says, "It was a military garrison...
Paraguay has elected Juan Carlos Wasmosy its first civilian President since 1954. Although the election was marred by irregularities, observers said the outcome was unaffected. Said Secretary-General Joao Baena Soares of the Organization of American States: "We all know you don't get instant democracy. It's not like coffee...
...Congress, eyeing polls that said only 30% of the public supported air strikes, rejected the Holocaust comparison for one to the Vietnam quagmire. Others disagreed. The military's top brass debated publicly whether strikes, arming the Bosnians, or the creation of "safe havens" would work -- or lead to civilian deaths and American casualties. And suddenly the Serbs announced they would reconsider Vance-Owen -- while asking for territorial concessions. But on Saturday the Administration came to a decision anyway. It will remain private until Secretary of State Warren Christopher can finish consultations in Western Europe and Russia. That...
...wait and watch. But members of the hrt, especially the snipers, had been on constant alert and were wearing down. "My very first concern was that the Davidians would exit the compound with a child in one hand and an AK-47 in the other," Coulson says. "The only civilian unit that can eliminate the subject without eliminating the child are hrt snipers. They can hit a quarter-inch target at 200 meters." That meant, of course, that they had any number of chances to take out Koresh. But the agency's rules of engagement forbid them to fire...