Word: protections
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...about to capture Yemen, last important independent territory on the Peninsula. The Imam of Yemen was reported dead and Ibn Saud's men already in the streets of the seaport of Hodeida. Belching clouds of black smoke, British and Italian cruisers and destroyers raced to Yemen "to protect nationals...
...Junior Varsity team will have to rise to great heights today to protect their undefeated record, when they meet the strong Andover team on the Jarvis Field courts at 2 o'clock. The Andover men broke the Freshman's winning streak earlier in the week, and are expected to put up a strong front against...
...battle royal is expected at 2 o'clock this afternoon, when the Princeton and Harvard tennis teams clash on the Divinity Field courts to protect their respective undefeated records. Both of these teams, on the basis of their early season performances, have an ample claim to the title of leading team in the east, and it is very possible that the question of eastern tennis supremacy will be decided before the conclusion of these matches...
...been induced by the chaotic situation in North China, to adopt an outright coercive technique; the United States has been generally successful in using more subtle measures, such as financial infiltration, but we have on more than a hundred occassions since 1850 resorted to force of arms to protect our economic interests in Latin America. By using strong-arm methods Japan has rushed into political control before economic control has been completed. Other Western powers in China and the United States in Latin America are using the reverse procedure, but the ultimate commercial aims are similar...
...that he could pay off Haiti's present U. S. bondholders and rid his little republic of the U. S.'s watchdog, Sidney De La Rue. Financial Adviser-General Receiver of Haitian Customs. But the bankers wanted De La Rue on the spot to protect the refunding loan too. President Vincent had gotten exactly nowhere last week when he left Manhattan for Washington...