Word: protection
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...chiefly out of reverence toward the departed but as a deterrent to breaches of the peace. The theory: that vilification of the deceased would, if it reflected upon his living family, incite the latter to assault the offender. Subsequently the law was interpreted in a broader sense, to protect the family against reflected defamation whether or not the family was prompted to avenge itself by violence...
...making myself properly understood, I beg to say that I have volunteered as a pilot in order to fulfill my duty as a citizen of the Republic of China to drive the barbarous invaders out of Manchuria, to recover out territory occupied by them in Manchuria, and to protect our fellow citizens there...
...cuckoo of Ajaccio, a force of 800 blue-clad, blue-capped gendarmes landed from the mainland under command of General Fournier. The General's first move was to commandeer the largest table in the Cafe Napoleon, swankiest cafe in Ajaccio, only one with a plate-glass screen to protect the customers on the terrace from the mistral. He ordered two bottles of Byrrh for the use of the staff, and spread out his maps. His troops were divided into three columns and sent to scour the island...
...recognized the new order with ''indecent and unwise haste." When the Indianapolis News, backed by the New York World suggested that some of the $40,000,000 to be paid to French stockholders had gone elsewhere Roosevelt, white with rage, started his absurd libel suit under an act "to protect the harbor defenses . . . used by the U. S. from malicious injury." Pride in the canal later caused Roosevelt to declare: "I took Panama and let Congress debate." The virulent hatred of Roosevelt for Woodrow Wilson grew out of the fact that the Democratic President, to right a wrong, agreed...
When Governor Long certified his election to the Senate last March, Lieutenant Governor Cyr claimed that by that action he ceased to be Governor. Louisiana's senior Senator Edwin Sidney Broussard agreed with him. To protect his right to office, wary Governor Long was careful never to leave the State unaccompanied by Dr. Cyr. Last week Governor Long was in New Orleans. Lieutenant Governor Cyr was at his home in Jeanerette. Suddenly one night Lieutenant Governor Cyr left home, drove to Shreveport, had a deputy court clerk administer the oath of office as Governor. Then he wrote Governor Long...