Word: protective
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Protection. In Hollywood, the Citizen-News was asked "How can I protect the eyes when peeling onions?"; answered "Dip them for a moment in boiling water. Then begin at the roots and peel upwards...
Guard them, and him within protect from harms...
...Place of Regions. Already the three leading powers in Europe-Soviet Russia, Britain and France-have attempted to protect their future by bilateral alliances. We would like to see the charter encourage a different approach to the security problem, namely, through the creation of a series of pooled-power centers in various parts of the world-joint bases and United Nations forces, consisting of units of the Big Three and other powers, which would act as a stabilizing factor. An Anglo-American agreement might well continue the combined military staffs and pool British and American bases in every part...
...charge: back in 1942, Kidder, Peabody & Co. had $963,000 of Jamestown, Franklin & Clearfield Railroad Co. bonds they hoped to sell for $502.50 each, but the open market price for the bonds was only $497.50. To protect the firm against a trifling underwriting loss on the issue, loyal Kidder, Peabody employes jumped into the market, bid up the price of J.F.& C. bonds to $502.50. Punishment for this deal: an SEC order suspending Kidder, Peabody & Co. from the National Association of Security Dealers, Inc. for ten days, effective...
Even democratic Argentines, who had waited long to hear this grudgingly issued news, showed little enthusiasm. No whistles blew; no sirens screamed. Nor were police needed to protect the Axis embassies (though the U.S. and British embassies were guarded against demonstrations). The Plaza de Mayo, where Buenos Aires rallies at moments of national crisis, was jampacked-with pigeons...