Word: protectively
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Smith did have such a Machiavellian motive, he was apparently mistaken. A top aide said that South African Prime Minister John Vorster was "dismayed" by the raid, adding that "the last thing the Prime Minister wants is to see a full-scale Cuban or Nigerian or Somalian involvement to protect Mozambique." Already under fire from the U.S. and other Western powers for his government's apartheid policies, Vorster has enough trouble...
...tangible economic gains. He has also declared that he and his army are ready to "serve under any Rhodesian government"-presumably including one headed by blacks. Meanwhile, though, he is determined to hunt down the guerrillas with all the resources available to him. "My task," he says, "is to protect Rhodesians against terrorist attacks...
...part of West Germany. The offer included a $1 billion special fund to help the poorest nations meet their bills for oil, other imports and interest, as well as an agreement to set up a common fund that would stabilize prices of certain commodities-a proposal intended to protect the Third World from disruptive price fluctuations...
...million Buddhist priests. Most Sundays, Tokyo Priest Kotetsu officiates at five or six services. "By the time I go to bed," he says, "I feel physically dead tired although spiritually aroused." Shoko, the Osaka abbot who presided at the services for Hikotaro, has stopped smoking to protect his overworked vocal cords. The work has its secular compensations. Temple offerings range from $100 to $3,000 per service...
That may not be easy. After last year's abortive swine-flu program with its unexpected cases of paralysis, the public is understandably wary of any inoculations, whatever protection they may offer. In addition, many parents have mistakenly concluded, in the absence of any great epidemics, that youngsters no longer need vaccinations against such menaces of the past as poliomyelitis. Nonetheless, there are signs of a reawakening to the measles danger. In Los Angeles, thousands of youngsters turned up for shots after school authorities threatened to bar them from classes without proof of inoculations. In New York, health officials...