Word: protectively
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Hawaiian members of Protect Kahoolawe Ohana are no more representative of the Hawaiian people than the "smattering of white liberals" your correspondent mentioned. The movement, which apparently began as a publicity stunt to steal some of the American Indians' thunder, would be ridiculous were it not so tragic. The Ohana want to turn back the clock...
...Massachusetts, California, Maryland, Pennsylvania and other states, these operators have succeeded in getting laws passed to protect them from being arbitrarily closed by the oil companies. In addition, Congress is now considering legislation that would curb the oil companies' freedom to end leases. Such measures will ensure the survival of a fair percentage of full-service stations. To help fill the need created by the demise of many others, a new type of business is springing up: auto service centers that sell no gas but concentrate instead on providing auto repairs and parts. For example, Sears, Roebuck...
This time Deneuve-or is it Deneuve-1?-plays an elegant, slightly tarnished Parisienne who, rather implausibly, finds herself accompanying a detachment of French Foreign Legionnaires to Morocco just after World War I. The Legionnaires are assigned to protect a French archaeological expedition against attacks by uppity Arab tribes who seem to think they have a right to their own national treasures. Deneuve is attracted to a roguish cat burglar (Terence Hill), who is seeking refuge in the Legion from the cops. Having already lost a husband and father to war, however, she wants no more entanglements, no more feeling...
...1960s, federal courts invoked the First Amendment principles of free speech and free assembly to protect civil rights marches in some of the inflamed Southern cities. Despite wholesale threats of violence, the resulting demonstrations were peaceful, thanks to state and local police ordered in by the courts. But constitutional rights protected in Selma, Ala., in 1965 apparently cannot be secured in Chicago...
...interim report on the causes of the blackout, ordered by President Carter, the FPC accused Con Ed of "inability to provide reliable service." There were "obvious flaws" in the utility's system to begin with, said the agency. "The design of the transmission network and the protective devices designed to protect the system were inadequate." Then, said the FPC, when lightning bolts struck the system, Con Ed failed to employ emergency measures in time to shed sufficient load, did not put into operation all of its stand-by generating units and did not tell its customers quickly enough...