Word: protective
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...institution itself, housed in offices as gloomy, well polished, and oak-paneled as any at Whitehall, Punch is in a position to laugh at other Empire institutions. Its personal concession to the war consists of a well-stacked pile of sandbags behind a wall of corrugated iron to protect its handsome entrance at 10 Bouverie St. But behind the door Editor Edmund George Valpy Knox, 63, with a staff of three, supervises the production of his magazine with little change from his peacetime routine. Paper rationing has cut Punch's pages to 28 an issue, has limited its circulation...
...same time, SEC began to watch with interest the behavior of the company's securities. The bonds had slipped from 100 to under 90, and the common dropped from a high of 15¼ to 11⅜. Company officials approved the suspension as a sound move to protect security holders from losses generated by rumors, and held an all-day session in an effort to cut expenses and find a new president...
...similar understanding in Lwow. He went first to Borecki, a prominent 60-year-old politician who still lived in his own apartment and carried poison in his signet ring. The old man said: the underground is the official continuation of the Polish Government. It has three tasks: to protect the people, to record German crimes, to keep an administrative framework functioning in preparation for independence. Within the underground there is complete political freedom for each party to advocate its program. But the underground army is under supreme military command...
...questions, the businessmen were skittish, mainly because they were not sure what they wanted. Example: when Robert Gaylord, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, was asked about tariffs, he replied: "We favor low tariffs, but we want to protect American industry and living standards...
...corporations which have filed know that their chances of collecting are slim. A large number have put in a bid only to get in under the statute of limitations, while they mull over whether to push their case. Others have filed merely for the record, i.e., to protect themselves against suits of stockholders who might otherwise feel the corporation was lax. Some tax experts guess that, at most, corporations may prove their claims to $3 billions. This is well worth the try, although the net gain will be far less. In many cases, corporations will have normal income taxes...