Word: protective
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...protect the things of God from the violence of men, the Christian church once used to declare a "Truce of God." Churchmen in the U.S. and Europe have long been doing their best to bring about a modern Truce of God to protect the holy places of Palestine from destruction in Arab-Jewish fighting. This week as Arabs, Jews and U.N. officials negotiated their way toward a permanent truce for all Jerusalem, the Vatican sent one of its expert trouble shooters to the Holy Land...
Senator Saltonstall told the meeting that "what we do want is peace," but that "we must be strong to protect our own security before we can organize to preserve that peace...
...Ralph Hymans emerged as the winning pitcher after taking over from Ira Godin in the first of the eighth and striking out five of the six men he faced to protect the Crimson's ill-gotten lead...
...Alvni Randall named carelessness of the students as the chief reason for the violations. Ordinarily a summons from the University police results only in a mild warning and an admonition to the student not to repeat the violation. Randall pointed out that the purpose of University enforcement is to protect the students from trouble with Cambridge police...
...Egyptian littoral, General Omar Bradley, Army chief of staff, lectured Congressmen on the problem of maintaining a hypothetical 20-group air force within "effective" striking distance of Russia. A minimum of seven divisions would be needed to protect the base from overland attack by massed armies. The ground troops alone-to say nothing of 125,000 Air Force officers and men-would require 12,500 tons of supplies daily. Movement of this tonnage from the U.S. and protection of this one base from sea attack would involve a major naval force...