Explosions and gunfire from the east side of the city suggested an attempt to retake the civilian centres was underway.

This may have more effect than our present policy of devastating civilian centers, and could hardly have less.

Hezbollah is using a civilian center as a staging ground for military aggression.

Rewarding them only invites further offensives against civilian centers.

Finally, Serbian aircraft have been used effectively as "weapons of intimidation" to strafe and bomb civilian centers, Administration officials said.

In addition, the wing's crews dropped leaflet bombs over Iraqi positions and civilian centers.

Champus often pays for treatment at civilian centers when military hospitals are either not available or cannot provide the specialized types of treatment.

By the early 1960s experiments in improving care had begun in some civilian centres.

And 53 percent said the United States should concentrate its firepower away from civilian centers, an increase of 10 points.

The Soviets bombed at will in civilian centers.