Word: protectable
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...loaded gun. I have lived with guns all my life and, although I do not care to hunt or kill, good marksmanship has its own rewards. A woman untrained in the use of guns, and afraid of them as well, is possibly more lethal to those she tries to protect than any adversary she might face...
Paleontologist Ho's findings have already led him to the conclusion that Pleistocene mammals did not have substantially higher body temperatures-as many scientists believed-to protect them against the cold...
Bunkers of rock and earth and 5-ft. -thick concrete gun turrets dominate each piece of high ground. A labyrinth of thick-walled tunnels connects the whole. Garages have been dug out for tanks and vehicles; 20-ft.-high earth work barricades protect artillery em placements, and the miles of minefields are dotted with tank traps. The enemy is prepared to defend the heights with two armored brigades, one mechanized infantry brigade, one mobile brigade, 18 battalions of artillery, and six in fantry brigades, each with its own tank battalion - a total of some...
...mining technician and his wife were murdered a few days later. Belgian officials barely bothered to protest. With more than 20 whites killed by Congolese soldiers since the mercenary rebellion began, Brussels has just about lost all confidence in the ability or will of Mobutu and his government to protect whites. "Sometimes," sighed a white resident of the Katanga provincial capital of Lubumbashi last week, "we feel as though this is a Nazi state and we are the Jews...
...want to protect her-and women don't mind it," says one director. For one thing, Sandy is a natural victim. Sturdy chairs collapse when she sits on them; hurtling taxis somehow spray mud just on her. Yet, despite her seeming fragility, she could hardly be tougher as an actress and a woman. And though she is not exactly a sex symbol, "sex," as the same director says, "is completely associable with her. If a guy had to make a pass at Sandy Dennis, he wouldn't panic...