Word: protection
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...American M1 Abrams tanks maneuver through war games on the West German plain, NATO strategists worry about how to protect them from increasingly powerful Soviet antitank missiles. Last week the Army announced the development of an armor that will give the Abrams far better combat survivability. "This isn't a 10% upgrade in protection, this is a 100% upgrade," said Phillip Karber, a vice president of the weapons-testing BDM Corp. and an expert on tanks. The new armor, containing depleted uranium encased in steel, will not reduce the tank's top speed of 42 m.p.h. The Pentagon says that...
...Crash and last December's Reagan-Gorbachev summit concentrated the nation's mind on larger matters. If the Iran-contra scandal has been a refrain in Democratic primary campaigns, and a stick that rivals have used to attack Bush, voters have seemed more interested in determining who can best protect their jobs and deal with Gorbachev...
...people who need sunblock with an SPF of 25 or more to protect their bodies from blistering, many bars offer "red lobster" contests. And West recommends the banana-eating contest to anyone planning a trip to Ft. Lauderdale. "They line up all these great looking girls and see who can eat a banana the best," he says...
WHEN Reagan took office in 1981, one of his first policy decisions was to have the Justice Department cut back on civil rights cases it handled, reducing the enforcement and the effectiveness of laws that protect minorities such as Blacks, women, and the handicapped from various forms of discrimination. Just six months earlier, however, during his Senate confirmation hearing, then-Attorney General designate William French Smith specifically said he was committed to vigorous enforcement of civil rights laws and an extension of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights...
...Chamber of Commerce, however, said the bill "does little to protect these basic rights" and may end up "imposing unnecessary regulatory burdens" on businesses, farmers and others...