Word: protecting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...taking the surrender of some 5,000,000 Jap troops and civilians, scattered from Manchuria to Java. On V-J day all Allied commanders -U.S., British, Chinese - in the Asiatic theaters had a directive instructing them to 1 ) do anything necessary to facilitate the Jap surrender; 2) rescue and protect Allied personnel and property; 3) do all this without involving Allied personnel or arms in "fratricidal strife...
Every move so far, from Dairen to Batavia, has been according to orders and according to plan. The British went to Java to take the surrender of the Jap forces and protect Allied (i.e., Dutch) lives and property. In doing so they found themselves fighting Indonesian Nationalists who are not Allies and are against the Dutch. Chinese troops moved into Indo-China - but only into the area which was part of the China theater - and found themselves supporting the French restoration. U.S. airmen, marines and naval forces transported and supported their Allies, the Chinese Nationalists, only in areas where there...
...Cabinet tried to explain why the tubing tariff had been increased: the Government was seeking merely to protect an industry which had grown up during the war. When they had heard the Cabinet's explanation, the delegation warned the Government that unless the new tariff increases were promptly rescinded, they would vote against the budget...
...Navy's shark-discourager was developed to protect men struggling in shark-infested waters. Its inventors knew that sharks are repelled by a dead and decaying shark. An extract of rotten shark proved even more effective. Eventually, the active substance so offensive to sharks turned out to be a chemical which people don't mind. A black dye was added to the brew, just to give the sharks a good visual scare...
...with him in a neighbor's house when Mrs. Stevens stormed in and told them to clear out, stuck to his story that she had fired without warning (TIME, July 9). Wasn't her guilt a question for a jury to decide? Was this the way to protect the peace and dignity of the state...