Word: protecting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...silver-haired, mountainous (6 ft. 3 in.) Mr. Jones turned the cold greenish eyes of his poker face to his enemies, warded off unlikely questions with a "Huh?" and heard only what he wanted to hear through his good right ear. Said he: "Of course we look out for protection of the Government. That's our job. We see that the contracts protect the United States...
...civilians who want to protect themselves and their families from possible panic, psychiatrists suggest...
...people who panic most easily are those who have unconscious anxieties of their own, which danger brings to the surface. Such people feel that danger is directed at them individually-that every bomb is aimed at their heads. Best way for such people to protect themselves against panic is to take part in group activities, get some duty to do in time of danger. (Actually the bombing of Britain proved that air raids sometimes make neurotics more courageous than they normally are. Apparent explanation: a common danger externalizes neurotic anxieties, draws the neurotics out of themselves and closer to other...
...airmen were busy too. Russian pilots worked hardest at knocking down transport planes with supplies for the German "centers of resistance." The Nazis sent pursuit planes to protect the transports. Result: counter-claims of destruction that put the total of downed planes for the week in the hundreds on both sides...
During World War I, for purposes of supply, strategy and defeating foreign competition for the Indian market, Britain began - encouraging Indian industry. But after British capital had enjoyed a brief post-war Indian industrial boom, the crash came and tariffs were readjusted to protect Britain. World War II has once again brought British encouragement of Indian industry. Even so, Indians have charged Britain with discrimination against Indian firms wishing to build air craft, ships and automobiles...