Word: protectively
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...they come, you will be ready with your pistol.' A general who was our friend called to ask if my husband had ordered military trucks to move toward our house. The trucks were moving, and we thought they were against us. (We later learned they were sent to protect us.) I went upstairs to my oldest daughter, Lubna, and suggested she sleep that night in the house of my sister. She was only 17, but she said 'If they blow up the house, do you think we would be happy living without our father and mother...
Harvard officials have refused to abrogate the rule that requires University files to be kept confidential for 50 years, citing the need to protect individuals' privacy and the need for guaranteed secrecy to ensure candid communication within the University. But under the circumstances, an exception to that rule is warranted. Qualified researchers should have access to the files; researchers could agree to protect individuals' identities when necessary. The McCarthy era placed great strains on American institutions. It is imperative to understand how this University reacted to those pressures...
...citizens (and students as citizens) have the right to organize to protect their rights as consumers...
Richard Helms [Nov. 14] was willing to risk his career to protect the security of his country; some Senators are willing to risk the security of their country to promote their careers...
...defense fund has been formed by Wisconsin feminists to "inform the public of a woman's right to protect herself against physical and emotional attack." Though self-defense is still an adequate excuse for violence only in immediate, severe danger, now, notes New Jersey Lawyer Robert Ansell, "the cumulative effect of beatings on a woman's consciousness is often considered. A woman may well be allowed quicker resort to a weapon than a man." That worries some lawmen. Says Sheriff Lawrence Schmies of Waupaca: "I wonder if these people know what they're doing. If they...