Word: protectable
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Since the country appeared completely calm, censorship seemed hardly necessary, but Smith did not stop there. To protect Rhodesia against an imagined invasion, convoys of troops were ordered to dig in along the Zambesi River border with Zambia, causing President Kenneth Kaunda nervously to declare a state of emergency and order his own small army to dig in on the other side "as a protective measure." Although the chances of a clash seemed slight, it was just the sort of ugly situation that through some unexpected fluke might lead to violence-and a need for British troops...
What can a small neutral nation such as Austria do to protect itself in a world of superpowers? Obviously, not very much. Restricted by its 1955 State Treaty to small-bore "conventional" weapons and by reasons of budget confined to only $18 million worth of new ones a year, Austria has had to adopt what one Defense Ministry spokesman calls a "lock-on-the-door" policy: "It isn't foolproof, but the housebreaker needs time to get in, and by then you can telephone the police...
...long hesitated to exercise undue federal power−mainly, it says, because it is anxious to boost state responsibility and encourage Southern lawmen to discover the U.S. Constitution. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy was so anxious on this score that in 1964 he pleaded "very limited power" to protect Mississippi Negroes. But as 29 top law professors quickly reminded him, the U.S. Code (Title 10, Section 333) fully empowers the President to use all necessary force on every foot of American soil to uphold the constitutional rights of "any part or class" of U.S. citizens whenever local officials fail...
...testimony would cast on the Administration's intervention. Frankel revealed in a recent story that the officials were determined from the beginning to prevent a victory by Juan Bosch's supportors, and that they explicitly solicited from the military junta the urgent request that the U.S. send troops to protect American lives...
...give the peasant a stake in his own country -- something to fight for...I think the Mekong power scheme is terribly exciting. It's one of the world's great power sources and the whole area could benefit from it. We should pop in a UN defense now to protect the scheme." As for American policy, she maintained that there's absolutely no cause for pulling...