Word: protectiveness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Chief Scout Lord Rowallan to debate forthwith the question: "Whether a Boy Scout can be a Communist." As Communists paraded the streets outside Westminster urging the government to "put McCarthyism out of the Boy Scouts," Lord Rowallan declared firmly: "We have a duty to our boys and parents to protect them from undue influences...
Such abuses were noted by President Eisenhower, who recommended in his labor message last month that Congress study such funds and draw up legislation to protect the union members. In an investigation last year, a House labor subcommittee barely scratched the surface. Another committee is scheduled to be named in about a month to make a broad investigation...
With automobile production far outstripping road building, the states have almost uniformly recognized the obligation they have to protect their citizens from traffic hazards. Compulsory liability insurance is a partial answer, but in many cases it does not go far enough. In Massachusetts, the defects in the present program are obvious: no provision is made for a driver's accident record in computing his premiums, and rates are decided individually for each locality, instead of making uniform charges throughout the state...
...protect individuals from mis-administration in the various agencies of government there are systems of checks and balances, provisions for appeal, review and redress, etc. The same end could not be brought about by making the authority of any agency conditional on the faith the citizen has in it. Similarly, the remedy for the miscarriage of justice is not a principle which would undercut the implementation of justice altogether in making the defendant the judge of the competence of the court. Rather, it is a revision of the procedures of trial and investigation in which miscarriages of justice occur...
...like shutting a door against the noise. Closer to the microphone, the silencing effect is much stronger. Olson believes that a sound killer could be built that would use only one watt of current. It would be small enough to hang over the head of a sleeper to protect him from sleep-destroying noises. Another use: making conversation easy in an airplane. The deep roar of the engines would be reduced, while the higher tones of the human voice would not be affected as much...