Word: protection
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...gambler and the prostitute. "No Klansman in a boob legislature, cringing before a Kleagle or a Wizard, was more subservient to the crack of the whip than was Al Smith-ambitious and effective and smart as chain lightning-in the Legislature when it came to a vote to protect the saloon, to shield the tout and to help the scarlet woman of Babylon, whose tolls in those years always clinked regularly in the Tammany till. . . . "I am throwing no mud at Governor Smith. He is honest, he is brave, he is intelligent. I don't question his motives...
...improper Third Degree had been administered to Miss Irene Savidge, an admittedly innocent young woman. The majority report stated that the Scotland Yard police had acted in accordance with traditional procedure and must not therefore be censured, but added that the procedure ought to be modified to protect from embarrassment or indignities innocent persons summoned to the Yard for questioning. Promptly the recommended modifications were ordered introduced at Scotland Yard by special fiat of the Home Secretary, Sir William ("Jix") Joynson-Hicks (Arch-Conservative). The minority report, signed by a Laborite, flayed Scotland Yard for administering an indefensible and scandalous...
...people should vote to protect the American payroll, vastly larger than that of all the rest of the world...
...trial, which was attended by many persons of large fortune and social inclinations, onetime Governor Miller denounced the monkey and eloquently praised the menial who had murdered him. "Monkeys are wild animals," remarked Nathan Miller, "no game laws protect them, their bites are dangerous and the late King Alexander of Greece died from the effects of being bitten by an ape. This charge is ridiculous. It would be a fine country if property could be invaded by wild animals without any opportunity being provided to stop them...
...later date I shall discuss it (the platform) fully, but in the meantime I may well say that under the principles the victory of the party will assure national defense, maintain economy in the administration of government, protect American workmen, farmers and businessmen alike from competition arising out of lower standards of living abroad, foster individual initiative, insure stability of business and employment, promote our foreign commerce and develop our national resources...