Word: civilizes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...suggestion of the then powerful Adams, Eisenhower appointed Bernard Flanagan to the important post of Civil Service Commissioner late last year. One of the responsibilities of a Civil Service Commissioner is to serve as a judge in cases of dishonest applications for Federal jobs. Lying on a Civil Service application is punishable by dismissal from the Civil Service and possible legal action...
...military government of General Mohammed Ayub Khan last week sent shivers of fear through the officials of the deposed administration. Describing his rule under President Iskander Mirza as "a benign martial law to assist the civil power clean up this mess," the General offhandedly announced that the maximum penalty for concealing food stocks is death. The results were awe-inspiring. Ex-Premier Malik Firoz Khan Noon, said the government, admitted that he was holding 3,000 tons of wheat in his private warehouse. Two other ex-ministers hurriedly told the government that they had wheat hoards of 6,250 tons...
Before the Deputies had recovered from the first blow, they were struck another. Eghbal introduced a second bill requiring all government officials, civil or military, to file an inventory of their movable and immovable properties, as well as those of their wives and children. If any should make false statements or refuse to answer, their properties would be confiscated by the government. The idea, he explained, is to "chuck out all corrupt officials." And he promised future bills, probably including a long overdue one for limiting land ownership in Iran and breaking up the vast feudal properties...
Powerless to Prevent. Japan's once-dreaded police today are circumscribed by so many restrictions, imposed in the name of civil rights, that they cannot even arrest a drunk until he hits someone. More than 450 gangs (with a membership of 12,000) roam the streets of Tokyo, and the police say they are powerless to take preventive action against them. Communist-led strikers and terrorists still control the northern town of Tomakomai (TIME, Oct. 20). In trying to do their duty, policemen, who can be haled before a Bureau of Human Rights for abusing their powers, now take...
...plan to cover civil air regulations, meteorology, navigation, flight safety, and general servicing," he added. The course will meet three nights a month through April, providing about 38 hours of instruction...