Word: protectable
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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People like Allen have been seeking to practice the rights guaranteed to them under law. The least the nation can do is protect their lives. Several partial solutions are open to the Johnson Administration. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has the power to look into many crimes committed in the cause of segregation, but this power is rarely used and is hampered by southern FBI agents who are often in sympathy with the segregationists. A judicious shift of personnel should be urged on the FBI, and its activities in the South should be increased. This would be one step towards...
...legal muscles before Governor Wallace last year, can use its influence on local sheriffs and other officials. It has the power, under U.S. law, to prosecute law-enforcement officers who use their position to deprive citizens of their legal rights. If necessary, federal marshals can be used to protect those who are in immediate danger...
...good. But the sun still shone brightly, temperatures climbed into the upper 30s and each day more of the imported snow melted away. To protect what little was left, Austrian officials refused to allow Alpine skiers to train on the Olympic slopes. "They can have all the practice they want," said one, "but not on the official courses...
...double stand ard involved a reservoir of socially inferior women, some of them prostitutes, others "nice" girls but not really quite nice. The prostitutes' ranks are thinning more than ever. As for the little seamstress or shopgirl type, she hardly exists any longer; heaven and union wages protect the working girl...
...Faces. Insisted Miller: "His vice presidential platform favored sit-in demonstrations. His state platform called for 'enforcement of laws designed to protect private property from physical occupation.' His national platform supported federal aid for education. His state platform opposed 'the entry of the Federal Government in the general field of public education.' His national platform favored school desegregation. His state platform pledged 'to protect the decisions of the people of local school districts in the operation and control of their schools...