Word: protective
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...deadlock began to break. Mr. Molotov conceded that the governor should have all necessary powers to protect "civic and human rights...
Heavenly Consolation. "Sun Yat-sen said that the guiding spirit of the five-power principle is the division of rights and power.. . .But for a thousand years, the Chinese people have lacked the training to protect their rights. Frankly, we can say that they have not yet the ability or the habit. . . . They must be shielded against power...
...When we reach the stage where the people can protect themselves, there will be no danger in the ideal constitution of Sun Yat-sen and the Double Fifth...
...conform with his every word, however imperfectly. . . . Now, at 60, I can tell you that I have no political ambitions. ... I fear I can no longer do the job as well as formerly. I must give the responsibility back to the people, and the people must learn to protect their rights. . . . But in the present situation, while the people are learning, I believe the Double Fifth constitution is not suitable. . . . Don't pass an inadequate or impractical constitution, lest China be harmed. Consider the rights and welfare of the people. Only then will...
...British claimed that they were only trying to protect the native grower "from short-term fluctuations of world prices." They denied any intention of nullifying the United Nations' economic agreements (see above). But to U.S. cocoa importers these protestations had a hollow ring. British price-fixing had little effect in wartime, when U.S. cocoamen could buy only what was allotted to them by international agreement, and could sell only at ceiling prices. Now, with ceilings off and allocations due to go Jan. 31, importers were hoping for a free market...