Word: protectively
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...included illegal break-ins and mail surveillance, he was asked whether, if he still served in Congress, he would consider impeachment proceedings against a President who had thus violated his oath of office. Nixon bristled, but held his temper in check. Citing the President's "inherent power to protect the national security," he denied that he had violated his oath of office. Furthermore, he charged, "burglarizing of this type took place" during both the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations and yet "there was no talk of impeachment." Nixon declared that Robert Kennedy, as Attorney General, had authorized far more national...
...postponement-the first in seven years of talks-has left both governments clearly unhappy. South Korea planned to present Japan with an even larger shopping list for new loans. In turn, Japan depended on consultations with Seoul to protect its large investments. The South Koreans were embarrassed by Japan's action, which in its way was sweet revenge for Kim, a longstanding foe of Park. But that was small consolation: he is being retained in Seoul under house arrest...
...oligarchic structure of the newspaper industry itself. Papers or chains of papers are owned and usually directly managed by wealthy entrepreneurs who set editorial policy and carefully supervise what their newspapers print. The owners intervene in newspaper policy for a variety of reasons. Sometimes, they step in to protect their own interests: in Chicago, for example, because the police look the other way when newspaper trucks with the late editions break every traffic law on the books, someone is going to get an editorial endorsement come next election...
...turnabout is complete. in 1969, the University was so threatened that a group of vigilante professors set up a round-the-clock guard in Widener Library to protect the books and catalog. Early this year, when The Crimson held its centennial celebration a Crimson editor from the Class of '70 sent his check for the dinner with a note on embossed stationary from Washington magazine where he works. In fountain pen script, the note started: "My wife, Debbie, and I..." The turnabout is complete...
...sentiment is strongest along the North Slope, where oil wells remain capped. "People down south worry more about the ice than they do about the people up here," complains Vic Vickery, 35, an assistant drilling superintendent for British Petroleum. "We can't even have a gun here to protect ourselves against bears. We had four grizzlies come in the other day and we had to chase 'em off with a fork lift...