Word: protection
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...outlawing the party. When Pearson wrote that "not even an armed sentry paced outside" the presidential palace-which is guarded night and day by up to six sentries in plain view-Diario National Columnist Luis Conte Aguero exploded: "Too ridiculous to comment." Although intensive security precautions are taken to protect Batista wherever he goes, Pearson wrote that the President "had no secret service" at a political rally in central Cuba, "literally fought his way . . . through a sea of admirers." Snorted El Mundo's Editor Raoul Alfonso Gonse: "Pearson saw only one side of the coin...
Some manufacturers, says Bowman, may find price-fixing necessary in special cases, e.g., to keep service dealers in business, to protect an investment in technical instruction to dealers. But most manufacturers do not have and do not want price maintenance, he says, for the simple reason that "it is inconsistent with selling the most merchandise at the lowest possible cost...
...some 35 million car owners carry $4 billion in auto-insurance policies to protect themselves against damage claims. Last week it seemed that some owners needed protection against the policies as well...
...Congress a bipartisan commission will make a complete study of the problem, bringing the light of ten years' experience with the loyalty question to bear on the matter. The task they will face is that of guarding the nation from subversion within the Government while, at the same time protecting the rights of individual employees. As Harry Cain has said, "The problem remains that of taking action to better protect individuals from unintentional oppression and, at the same time, to protect the freedom of our nation...
...biggest U.S. petroleum producers were over an oil barrel last week. Defense Mobilizer Arthur S. Flemming warned them that unless oil imports are cut voluntarily, the President may slap a rigid quota on imports to protect small U.S. producers. Flemming's suggestion: the oil companies should get together and work out an industry plan to restrict imports. The oil companies, which have had more than their share of antitrust suits, were not eager to work out any scheme that would, in effect, slice up a market between them. Furthermore, they do not agree with Flemming that imports have reached...