Word: uniform
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rank of general in the army or police. Except for the white belts that are worn by the W.S.W. (the Military Security Service assigned to keep an eye on members of Poland's 320,000-strong armed forces), the special troops have almost no distinguishing marks on their uniforms. Explains Tadeusz Nowakowski, a prominent Polish writer now living in Munich: "The leadership knows that Poles like Polish soldiers, so they play a trick on them. Poles never know precisely if they are dealing with the army, the special units or the secret police in uniform...
Arguing against conscription is more difficult than illustrating the pointlessness of registration. The draft would accomplish several worthy goals. By forcing educated, white males from middle-and upper-class backgrounds into uniform, the government could begin to correct the over-representation of minorities and the poor now serving in the military. Badly depleted reserve divisions could be replenished, improving the country's capacity to respond to a genuine foreign threat. And in theory, it could be done equitably, unlike previous drafts. Various legislations have proposed universal service programs: no exemptions, short terms of active duty, and alternative non-military options...
...that the all-volunteer force is meeting enlistment goals and improving in quality; hence, they contend, a draft is unnecessary. Not only does the argument ignore basic questions of fairness as outlined earlier, it also makes the assumption that all we should worry about is having enough bodies in uniform. We too want full enlistments; as we have said above, we also think a whole host of military, social and political ends are served by changing the method by which those bodies are selected...
...bringing 52 American hostages to the point of return and ended by bringing the Polish people to the point of no return. In between, the world's most powerful religious leader and political leader were attacked unsuccessfully by assassins. The statesman most widely associated with peace died in military uniform. Lady Di said, "I do," and David Stockman said, "I don't." As Time magazine asserted in its second-to-last issue of the year, 1981 offered many opportunities for enterprising or fortunate photojournalists. Yes, the pictures speak for themselves. But what of the captions? Perhaps 1981 marked a turning...
Those three shocking assaults had an almost theatrically pat iconography: Reagan in a business suit, the very picture of the political order; John Paul in his papal robes of immaculate white; Sadat, the erect warrior, in a field marshal's gold-braided blue uniform. All the victims were over 60; each was attacked by a man in his 20s. Raised in suburban ease, Hinckley had just drifted away, aimless and alone, gorging on fast food in rented rooms and fantasizing a love affair with a teenage movie star. It was to command this dream girl's attention that...