Word: protectively
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...closed-circuit system, designed to protect the museum's collections from fire and water damage as well as from theft and vandalism, will remain on trial "for at least a few months," Seymour Slive, acting director of the Fogg, said yesterday...
...wrong, we will stand corrected. The first of our principles is that the price of oil should be equivalent to the cost of alternative sources of energy. Second, whatever the oil price, it should change with the rate of inflation in the industrialized countries in order to protect our purchasing power. Beyond that, there will be no geometric rise. We are even willing to tie the oil price to an index of 20 or 30 other commodities. We want to work with you. We are the last people to want to see the economies of the West...
...Environmental Protection Agency forbade the use of the pesticides aldrin and dieldrin on corn and citrus crops. Because such spraying accounts for 90% of the chemicals' usage, EPA'S action is a virtual ban. Shell Chemical Co., the sole U.S. producer, is appealing the decision in federal court. The pesticides now protect the crops from cutworms and other insects. But they are so long-lasting that they get into animal feed, water supplies, and thus into human food as well. What the pesticides do to people is still unknown. But they have been found to trigger cancers...
...about that backstage Washington dickering, he was livid. He felt that NBC, by seeking to avoid a fight before the commission, had created the impression that his case was weak. Counters WMAQ General Manager Len Schulman: "We're not going to defend every case in every court to protect Len's reputation...
...criminal-court procedures. Women's lib? "Imagine the idea that woman couldn't live happily at home and have an active mind" (1925). Gun control? "I see where a lot of men are advocating letting everybody carry guns, with the idea that they will be able to protect themselves. In other words, just make a civil war out of this crime wave" (1925). The energy crisis? "It's a question what we can convert these 4 billion filming stations into in years to come" (1928). The spirit behind the Rogers reincarnation is Bryan Sterling, 52, a Vienna...