Word: protecting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...protect this major force in its deep penetration, important Japanese air bases for hundreds of miles to the east and south were methodically neutralized...
...Jones's own prescription for a foreign policy begins with the necessity for a four-power alliance. But our adherence to any such alliance must rest on prior commitments on the part of Britain, Russia and China to help us protect and extend the principle of freedom throughout the world. There must be security from aggression, but there must also be security for such things as freedom of speech, assembly, and the press. Moreover, there must be a dedication of the Big Four to the promotion of a steadily expanding world economic system, a constant rise in the standards...
...Wants War? "It seems fair to assume that the Government is under no greater obligation to go to war to protect its own investment in what is essentially a commercial enterprise than it is to protect the investments of its nationals in similar enterprises. To leave the American companies in a weak position is to invite disaster to the American position...
Argentinians were taught that "all America was divided between two powers, Argentina and the United States. [Argentina was] idealistic . . . endeavoring to protect the 'sister republics' . . . [the U.S.] was always depicted as a black soul ready to back his diplomacy with cash . . . The anti-American feeling was intense . . . among all classes...
Submarines themselves are now equipped with heavier anti-aircraft guns to protect them from the patrol planes, which the men mortally hate & fear. They carry medical officers, have new-model rubber escape boats. Like U.S. subs, they stock the best food their country can provide- chicken, wine, oranges, real butter, good meat...