Word: protection
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this incident Secretary of Commerce Hoover issued an exhortation to automobile users, garage men, et al., to save tires, declaring that, without decreasing the use of automobiles, by patching and proper use of tires it would be possible to decrease the U. S. consumption of rubber 25% and partly protect the country from a loss of $700,000,000 a year in excess profits being taken by foreign rubber producers...
...Britain to renew her treaty obligation to protect Irak for an" other 25 years, unless within that time Irak is admitted as a member of the League...
...only do the smocks protect the men's clothing," said Mr. Benkard, "but they give an air of neatness to the offices which cannot be obtained, save through uniform dress. It is not an imposition on the clerks, as all of them will tell you. They like...
...this country today a military force is retained which is barely enough to keep internal peace and protect the country against external aggression. The militant spirit is not taught but the qualities of best citizenship are instilled...
Ergo, Señor Leguía is even now forced to maintain an elaborate system of private guards and espionage to protect his life. Often it has been asked whether such an absolutist can justify his rule. Always Leguía has been able to point to his signal achievements in administering the finances of the republic and extending its commercial prosperity. Today he is in the habit of asserting that the national debt of Peru is smaller per capita than that of any other nation. Often he remarks with satisfaction upon the large investments of U. S. capital...