Word: protectively
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Both try to protect what is left of their private lives. "One of the most ridiculous aspects of modern society," says Powell, "is the idea that everybody ought to inflict his deepest personal problems on everybody else. I think most people would be happier if they kept more to themselves." Once known as cutups who could down beers with the best of 'em, Jordan and Powell have become homebodies, of necessity. There is little time for cavorting. Though the two are thrown together regularly in the White House and on the tennis courts, they rarely see one another after...
...explanation is simple: as a courtesy to travelers to Cuba, the U.S. has lowered the embargo a tiny notch. Tourists may bring back up to $100 worth of merchandise, but otherwise, all Cuban goods are contraband in the U.S. Aha, a traveler might wonder: a plot to protect U.S. cigar makers? Probably not. "Cuban tobacco would be a stimulus to American cigars," insists Carl J. Carlson, executive director of the Cigar Association of America. Since the embargo began, total cigar sales in the U.S. have receded from more than 6 billion a year to just 5.3 billion...
Although after that incident security in the library was increased, Martin said there is no way a library "can protect itself against this kind of individual. We would have to use the most stringent conditions and they sometimes aren't appropriate to a research library...
...House official: "TV has maybe two dozen Senators. Shoes have 80 Senators." Since 1968, lower-priced imported shoes have captured 46% of the U.S. market. Result: 300 American shoe factories have been forced to close, ending 70,000 jobs. While Congress has been clamoring for tariffs and quotas to protect what remains of the U.S. shoe industry, Strauss has negotiated a tentative agreement with two big exporters to the U.S.-Taiwan and South Korea-that would provide for cutbacks in their shipments. The White House hopes that other major exporters, notably Spain, Brazil and Uruguay, will continue to restrain their...
...said Rosovsky kept his initial conclusions private in order to protect the feelings of the individuals involved...