Word: protection
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Protect Taxpayers...
Fire Chief Henry A. Kilfoyle received numerous requests for the rides which he had offered to students from the Midwest. He regretted having to turn them down, but he said that "I have to protect the taxpayers and not take any chances of getting the old pumper stolen." The engine went to Kenosha for repairs...
...same time, however, the labor lobby in Washington began to achieve some real results, and the AFL found itself obligated to protect its gains. The passage of the Clayton Act, exempting unions from anti-trust prosecution, gave labor a stake in maintaining a friendly national administration. The passage of the Wagner Act in 1935 furthered labor's concern with national politics...
...Zagros line would effectively protect the Iraq oilfields, and. beyond them, Saudi Arabia and the Suez Canal. It would even protect the Iran oilfields and refineries around Abadan...
rate. The purpose is partly to conserve foreign-exchange holdings, but partly, too, to protect inefficient domestic industries whose prices are 10% to 15% higher than world levels. To keep these industries going, France charges low tariffs on raw materials it needs, but imposes duties as high as 33% to 40% on finished goods, then pushes the barriers still higher with additional special taxes and import quotas. Cars, for example, are imported under a modest 20% tariff, but with added taxes, the total bite comes to 60%. Depending on how business is doing, quotas, taxes and tariffs are raised...