Word: protection
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Europe to be like? The signs and portents were that it would not differ materially from the old. France, with enlightening logic, impinged on the cornerstone. "I must have security," said Marianne.* Then Britain and the U. S. declined to sign an alliance with France to protect her against aggressive warfare. The builders of the edifice caught the cry of France. "Security," called Czechoslovakia. "Security," reËchoed the small nations of the earth. "Disarmament," voiced the idealists. Then the gruff roar of Great Britain rolled out the word "Arbitration." But the cornerstone remained the only part built...
Unable to maintain himself in Mecca, King Husein last week abdicated the Throne of Hejaz and the Califate-Islam was again without a Calif for the second time within a year. King Husein, tears in his eyes, declared that his abdication was a temporary measure designed to protect Mecca from possible destruction. A despatch from Cairo stated that the royal signature to the document of abdication was affixed only after "he had spent many hours in prayer and wireless communication with his sons," Faisal and Abdullah...
...line which plays high on the defense and employs its hands rather than the force of its drive to force or develop openings, and ends--waiting ends--who are charged with territorial responsibility both on enemy rushes and forward passes and whose first duty on each play is to protect that 'territory before committing themselves to other action, constitute three features of the Harvard system of play which differ strikingly from the football scheme of other colleges, and it is in one or two or all three of these features that random looks for a change...
...Government ordered the landing of 100 sailors at Ceiba from the light cruiser Rochester to protect foreign lives. At the same time, the U. S. intimated that no rebel government would be recognized, even if it were to prove victorious over the Government forces...
...left in a savings bank by one James Sullivan, a sailor. When it was advertised, 142 claimants appeared. Investigation showed that none of them was entitled to the money. These fraudulent claims are often taken to court and the bank is compelled to fight the case out legally to protect the rightful but unknown claimants...