Word: protectively
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...major remaining issue: while the U.S. is willing to turn over some of its 14 military bases to Panama and operate the others jointly with the Panamanian army, it insists on keeping some kind of residual force to protect the waterway in case of armed attack or sabotage. Panama, on the other hand, wants to entrust such a peace-keeping mission to the U.N.-a proposition that the U.S. views with skepticism...
...Nazi memorabilia. The muscle-bound six-footer had his arms tattooed with iron crosses and Nazi eagles. He joined the National States Rights Party, a Georgia-based brigade of bigots (see box following page). "There is nothing lower than blacks and Jews unless it's the police who protect them," Cowan had noted in a book found among his weapons last week. Once he kicked to death a tail-wagging black Labrador puppy because its color offended...
...blow to romance, perhaps, but a valuable lesson in reality. On balance, the advantages of widespread easy credit far outweigh its drawbacks: materially, in the form of a richer society; psychologically, in the ability to satisfy impulse and indulge expansive moods. Consumers do need some further legal protection against credit abuses, and they need much more counseling in the techniques and costs of borrowing. But in the end, no one can protect the crediholic from himself. Hedonistic though it is, the Credit Society reserves its greatest rewards for those who practice that most puritan virtue: selfdiscipline...
...counsel for 28 years; of heart disease; in Boston. The son of a New York City policeman, Dowd was graduated from St. John's University and Harvard Law School, and worked briefly for a Wall Street firm before coming to TIME as its first in-house counsel. To protect the magazine from lawsuits charging libel or invasion of privacy, Dowd read nearly every word slated for publication, and he was welcomed by the editors as a resourceful partner in this effort. "Any lawyer can say no," said Dowd. "The challenge is to find out what you can publish...
...college draft last spring. Since the N.B.A. remains old-fashioned when it conies to a team having more than five players on the floor at once, the stars have been putting in more than their fair share of bench time. With six-figure salaries-and equally large egos-to protect, they have become increasingly obstreperous...