Word: protection
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...valid. Unfortunately some have chosen to view our difficulties in that region as evidence to bolster predictions of the decline of American power in the world. If we cannot even prevent Iranians armed with World War I vintage weapons from sinking ships, then what makes us think we can protect the entire free world virtually alone...
...blessed last week with the prospect of a regulatory windfall. The Federal Communications Commission proposed scrapping the system of controlling AT&T's profit margins, which the agency has done for more than two decades as a means of limiting long-distance prices. Instead, the FCC aims to protect consumers by another method: setting price caps, which would freeze long-distance rates at current levels but could adjust them upward to account for inflation and other factors. AT&T rejoiced at the decision, which Wall Street analysts say could allow the company's profits to jump by an estimated...
...After the Bridgeton was hit, the Navy put the 401,000-ton supertanker out front to protect the three U.S. warships that were supposed to be protecting it. The American vessels, bristling with the latest gear to defend against planes, ships and submarines, could not cope with the World War II-vintage mines. "Who is escorting whom?" asked Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd last week. "This patently absurd and ridiculous result of the first escort mission is embarrassing to the nation...
...America's stated goal is to protect oil shipments. But oil experts say the gulf war has stopped only 1% of tanker traffic. What's more, a halt in tanker traffic would damage Iran the most. Thus America's bold action is directly defending Iran's highest strategic interests...
...fact, it does. If the U.S. shrank from its commitment to protect free shipping in the gulf, it might as well discard any pretense of being a superpower. Nor could the U.S. afford to stand by idly after the Soviets earlier this year eagerly accepted Kuwait's invitation to help protect its oil shipments...