Word: protectionism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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"The protection of Government property should always remain in the hands of Government representatives, and no Government representative should feel that he is absolved from the duty of full and entire protection of Government property."
Tied to the campus for protection against an epidemic of measles, mumps, and scarlet fever, the Smith girls had grown apprehensive about falling behind on social activities. One committee had already written to assure Freshmen that they would be available for Jubilee dates.
Dr. Reischauer stressed the fact that the people have been exceptionally well prepared for this eventuality, as regards physical protection through training for air raids. They are also set psychologically, since the imminency and danger of bombing have been stressed by the Jap leaders.
From Dakar to the English Channel, short-range U-boats prowled. Above the Channel, the Nazi surface warships (and more subs) were dispersed against the threat of British bombers. But all were within a few hours' steaming of the supply line up the Norwegian coast to Russia. Their dispersion...
Worse was to come. Fighter-bombers from Jap aircraft carriers spotted two heavy cruisers, the Dorsetshire and the Cornwall. Both ships had proud records in the Royal Navy; the Dorsetshire's torpedoes sank the Bismarck in 1941 (after she had been crippled by aerial attack). Under Jap bombs the...