Word: protected
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Once, caught in a fierce storm, Audubon took refuge in a trapper's cabin which became so flooded that he had to hold his arms over his head to protect his portfolio. In the midst of his discomfort the storm ended, and he suddenly heard a wood thrush, "a song of a few clear, mellow, flute-like notes falling in gentle cadences." As he listened he thought that no song could be "so gentle in its last, almost inaudible phrases." He gave up painting portraits of human beings. "After this,'' said he, "I shall follow only...
...believe, is an able administrator. He ha manifested courage and sincerity, especially in his message to the Cloveland Convention. He can be relied upon to put our financial house in order, to permit Congress to function without subservience, to respect the position and opinions of the Supreme Court, to protect the Civil Service, and to promote social legislation as rapidly as the government is prepared to administer...
...natural resonance. There was no mistaking it. It was the voice of Franklin Roosevelt himself and it said: "I, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office as President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, so help...
...Yandenberg replied: "That was a supremely solemn obligation, Mr. Roosevelt. . . . I ask you how one can ignore Constitutional doubts, however reason able, and yet preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States...
...late Robert Fleming of London, made many years ago to us. He said in substance: 'Don't tie yourself up with too many restrictions. Restrictions that you think today are for the best interests of investors will rise up some day to plague you-and will not protect them...