Word: protection
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...protect the delicate flowers against vibration and shock, Bierweiler perfected a technique which buttresses the stems, leaves and petals, without obstructing the fine details of color and design...
...Rhine. But such a goal is admittedly impossible to achieve, and nuclear retaliation must be the primary objective. Yet, America can afford to sustain its NATO troops at their present force, if only to avert European fears and neutralistic repercussions. Besides, an adequate European ground force is vital to protect the missile sites which would launch the nuclear reprisal...
Since Reconstruction the U.S. has had criminal statutes providing fines of up to $5,000 and imprisonment of up to ten years for persons acting to deprive others of their rights to equal protection under the law-including the right to vote in federal elections. These laws have been generally ineffective for the simple reason that Southern juries would not vote for conviction. The U.S. also has civil statutes under which a private citizen can file suit to protect his own civil rights. But these too have been ineffective, mostly because of a requirement that the litigant go through...
Satchel of Scorpions. Ever since Britain gave up Jordan last year, Hussein's neighbors have crowded close in the name of Arab "unity"-to help themselves. At the time of last fall's invasion of Egypt, Syrian, Iraqi and Saudi Arabian troops moved into Jordan to "protect" it; the Syrians and Saudis are still there...
...country carved out of the desert, and cannot live without support from somebody. Ever since the British abdicated, King Hussein's chaotic and impoverished kingdom has been open to every neighbor's intervention. During last fall's Sinai war, neighboring Arab states sent in forces to "protect" Jordan against possible Israeli attacks. At Mafrak, 3.000 Syrians are encamped, dedicated to the proposition that Jordan is rightly part of Greater Syria. Farther south, 5,500 Saudi troops occupy two points near Jericho, as well as the Aqaba area long claimed by Saudi Arabian kings as their own. Iraqi...