Word: protectively
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wouldn't have stayed all this time if we hadn't been encouraged by government bureaucrats who said, 'Be patient, you'll eventually succeed.' " Fed up with meaningless reassurances, Neumaier braced Hiroo Takizawa, the MITI environmental guidance director. Takizawa conceded that Japan intended to protect its own. Said he: "The Japanese government believes that it is very important to nourish Japan's knowledge and technology industries and has been trying to develop its own think tanks." From now on, Neumaier intends to concentrate on expanding his business in Latin America...
...just hope you'll be able to walk," Alice said, watching me go after the second course--a torte made with minced conch. I knew she meant nothing by the remark. She wanted to protect me from overeating in the same way I wanted to protect her from a volcano that had once erupted and killed thirty thousand people...
White House officials, however, insisted that the minutes did not show what really went on at Cabinet sessions. Said Watson: "I wrote them in a manner to protect against leaks, to keep out all sensitive matters, political and otherwise. Given that, it's not surprising that they're boring." That said-and accepted-the minutes manage to provide unexpected glimpses of the Cabinet at work...
Israel has committed itself to protect Lebanon's Christians but has refrained from intervening, apparently for fear of endangering Egyptian-Israeli peace talks set for October...
...Food service workers, many of whom are older men and women with few other options for employment, as a whole receive lower wages than many other institutional employees, and few benefits to make up for their relatively low wages. Harvard's inflexibility has forced them to take steps to protect their rights, and students should give the workers their full support...