Word: protectively
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Khempo. No other hands than theirs are ever allowed to touch the sacred silk. In an earlier ceremony, the King had already been given the Bhutanese crown, a silver-and-silk hat embroidered with three skulls and topped by the head of a raven, which is supposed to protect him from harm throughout his reign...
...dragon king, one of the world's last absolute monarchs, will probably need more than a raven to protect him. Shortly before his coronation, the Bhutanese announced that they had broken up a plot by Tibetan refugees to kill the King, burn the Tashichhodzong and take over the country for themselves. The plotters had apparently hoped to use Bhutan as a springboard to take back neighboring Tibet from the Chinese. The schemers allegedly included the beauteous Tibetan mistress of the late King Jigme Dorji Wangchuk, who died of a heart ailment at age 44 in 1972. Other plots...
...last refuge of the opposition lies in the mechanisms the federal government established to protect the environment. A negative Maguire report could kill the project. Even if the report is favorable, the law allows community residents to challenge it in court--a move which could delay the Kennedy Library for several more years...
...that I was going to be selling encyclopedias door to door. Hold it, did he say encyclopedias? Come on, a Harvard graduate, you've got to be kidding. The whole set-up reminded me of the ads on TV for computer schools, conservation schools ("wear the badge of authority, protect nature and arrest violators") and the like. In other words...
Preliminary Steps. Even while he tends to other business, the Secretary of State will have to keep an eye cocked on the Middle East. The agreements he has made so far are only very preliminary steps to peace, and he must carefully protect them. He must also see that negotiations move forward, as Egypt and Syria both expect them to. Although Israel's new government is generally more moderate toward the Arabs than was the outgoing regime of Golda Meir, it nevertheless would like the present disengagement lines to become permanent. Only Kissinger will be able to persuade Rabin...