Word: protected
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Prior to March 4, 1933, when a statesman solemnly announced that he favored upholding the Constitution, U. S. citizens quietly turned to their sports pages and forgot him. If he asserted that the Government ought to protect property rights, ought to encourage men to earn, save, acquire and keep property, he could not stir even a flutter of interest. But last week when six eminent gentlemen propounded these propositions they made front-page news. Finally it seemed as if the New Deal were to meet something more potent than the disorganized opposition of Herbert Hoover's well-beaten henchmen...
...defend and uphold the Constitution of the United States, and to gather and disseminate information that 1) will teach the necessity of respect for the rights of persons and property as fundamental to every successful form of government, and 2) will teach the duty of government to encourage and protect individual and group initiative and enterprise, to foster the right to work, earn, save and acquire property, and to preserve the ownership and lawful use of property when acquired...
...churchmen, Catholic Hitler spoke in a Nazi idiom not all of them understand. "The National Socialist State professes positive Christianity!"* He cried. "I will make an honest effort to protect the two great Christian confessions. ... It is further my intention to preserve the great cultural values inspired by our people in the past, including the prehistoric period...
...kopek. Restrained, but ominous, this statement read: "The Japanese Army has decided to adopt a stronger attitude than before in the event of future Soviet provocations." Meanwhile Moscow made an even stiffer threat, hurled by Soviet Vice President Kuznetsov of C. E. R. Said he: "The Soviet Government will protect the railway employes. The defenses along the border are now complete and the Soviet will not be forced to sell too cheaply. The world powers understand the danger of Japanese armaments. . . ." As the week closed, nervous Mr. Hirota's friends insisted that despite the break in negotiations he would...
...nearly every biggish store. No matter how much he may lose on his dresses or his stockings through price-cutting and competition, the store manager can count on a snug income from corsets. Early in Depression he was persuaded by the corset-makers, a shrewd and clannish lot, to protect the corset. The manufacturers promised to keep their prices on quality lines stable, if the retailers would do the same. They even designated how much profit the retailer should make-sometimes as high as 50%. Result was that, while other members of the clothing industry were foundering...