Word: protectionism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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At the same press conference the President served notice that all the machinery to punish Axis leaders was not simply machinery. He handed reporters a statement: "There are now rumors that Mussolini and members of his Fascist gang may attempt to take refuge in neutral territory. One day Hitler and...
> The doctors found out some new things about ulcers by producing a small ulcer on a bit of exposed stomach membrane. Mucus protects healthy stomach walls from being digested by their own juices, but this area did not have much mucus, and an ulcer developed when the doctors merely dropped...
"But all these soft, comfortable, protective principles, inducing decay, could not have been consistent with our great American pioneering tradition. Strength comes from practice and struggle, not from comfort and protection. Would a monopoly have been as bold in the development of equipment. . . ? What incentive would there have been for...
"Get the nearest big one," said Swede Larsen over the radio, and these "were the only words uttered by anybody during the whole attack." Northwest of the target hung a purple curl of cloud. Torpedo-planes sheltering in it would have a vital 20 seconds' protection from the Jap...
"Nearly 40% of our draftees," Kelly declares, "were rejected as unfit for military service, and a majority of those accepted . . . did not possess skills necessary for self-protection. It is estimated that 50% of our armed forces, when inducted, cannot swim well enough to save their lives, and lack the...