Word: protectable
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...will to survive. It will likely open the way to vaster, more absurd mechanizations of defense. If it is never used, the magnitude of such a dead investment will reproach mankind in its folly for generations to come. If it is employed, it will not even protect urban areas; we may die with the satisfaction of knowing that most of "them" will be just as dead. I cannot countenance my taxes being used for the preservation of steel and the propagation of death...
...draft was Lincoln's biggest headache. In June 1863, after instructions were issued for enrollment of all men between 20 and 45, armed opposition arose in four of the seven Midwest states. In Kentucky, a guard was needed to protect draft officials; in Cleveland, a mob went beyond tearing up draft cards-it destroyed the box from which draftees' names were chosen. When the first names were drawn in New York City, a general uprising followed. Police Superintendent John Kennedy tried in vain to calm the rioters. The mob, reported one witness, "beat him, dragged him through...
...most dramatic portion of the flechette's travels is yet to come. As it emerges from its target in a shower of hot gases and molten steel, the hot uranium again comes in contact with air. Without its ablative coating to protect it, it oxidizes explosively, producing overpressures that on a large scale could damage a tank or bunker...
...kept his outlay down to $1,750 instead of $11,900 and made certain that he could lose no more than the $1,750 no matter how much the stock went up. Though most options are sold to speculators, market tacticians also use them in complex hedging maneuvers to protect paper profits, reap tax benefits, or limit the chance of losses. Bernard Baruch used them to grab control of whole companies-without disturbing the market...
...strong upperclass reserves who can do almost as dependable a job. Today may be the season's best chance to see the second-and third-line performers in action: when the Crimson piles up an early lead, Coach John Yovicsin will want to give his subs game experience and protect his first unit from unnecessary injury...