For sending civilians like teachers into space, 56% supported the idea and 38% opposed.

We are but sending soldiers and civilians to their deaths in a battleground that our illustrious politicians and military planners do not understand.

The boom of artillery shells and the crack of Kalashnikov rifles sent civilians scurrying for cover in the capital Friday.

The U.N., in fact, sends civilians into dozens of danger zones to which its members will not send peacekeepers, in part for fear of casualties.

Just imagine what is involved in sending civilians to Helmand province.

By some miracle nobody had been hit by any of the flying metal, but the shock was enough to have sent ordinary civilians into panic.

NASA halted the teachers project amid concerns surrounding the risk of sending civilians to space.

But the army contended that sending civilians as messengers did not make them into human shields.

"I can't believe we'd even think of sending civilians in there."

They fired continuously into the air for several minutes, sending civilians running for cover and diplomats in their apartments diving for the floor.