Word: protective
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...trying. In late April he missed by one vote getting a no-strike bill reported. He supported Franklin Roosevelt's foreign policy, but 25 days before Pearl Harbor he "reluctantly reached the parting of the ways" on the Neutrality Act "until the President is moved to assert and protect the right of American citizens to work...
...dart through the enemy lines, swirl at will in the Russian rear. Instead, the Germans apparently keep their tanks in smaller groups, close to artillery and infantry. Thus, while the German pace may be slow, it is calculated to keep concentrated columns intact, always with enough strength to protect themselves from the surrounding Russians. At Kharkov these tactics worked so well that Moscow had to admit a continued Nazi advance. At Sevastopol the Germans' brute concentration of men & metal brought that fortress to the verge of collapse in 16 days...
...would start a movement "that will be felt by the whole world." This he did not describe. But he added: "It may not interfere with the movement of British troops, but it is sure to engage British attention." Gandhi also ordered his followers, in the event of disturbance, to protect Britons even at risk of their own lives. From all this it could be concluded that Gandhi did not intend to hamper Britain's war effort by calling strikes, but might stage some vast, symbolic demonstration aimed at shaming Britain. Rumor had it that he would call on hordes...
...choleric at any hint that shipyards cannot handle the business. This would give the U.S. a total of about 85 good-sized carriers. (A few guessers think that the new carriers will include some of very small tonnage, for fighters only. They would act as scouts and defenders, to protect the big carriers bearing the dive- and torpedo-bombers. If such small carriers are built, the total number of carriers will be greater...
...There is no use building ships in 60 days for the Germans to sink in twelve minutes," gloomed Pundit Walter Lippmann. "There's no use building ships without providing the means to protect them...