Word: protectiveness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...second trial) did Weyl go to the FBI and offer his evidence. Why had he waited so long to tell his story? His answer gave a clue to the reluctance which may keep other ex-Communists from coming forward. "It was a feeling that I had an obligation to protect people who had been associated with me in the Communist Party and who, I thought, might very well have broken quietly," said he. "[After Korea] we were at war. The Communist Party is an organization mobilized for the specific purpose of committing treason. I didn't think I could...
...British steel prices were artificially held down by government subsidies. Tories are determined to let steel prices rise toward their natural level. Hardie objected to the government's plan to make British steel consumers pay for urgently needed U.S. steel imports through higher steel prices. He wanted to protect the British steel users from higher U.S. prices-and from economic realities-by absorbing the cost of steel imports into the rearmament budget. The Tories said...
...result, but we have seen too many extreme results. The chaos and uncertainty of modern art and thinking finds its origin in a refusal, deliberate or not, to answer today's problems. Is it not Harvard's duty, as it has been the duty of universities throughout history, to protect the rights of men like Gropius and Filipowski who find at least one answer? The issue seems to me to be as deep as this, and not to stop on the level of practical difficulties with the curriculum. We must admit the existence of the problem; we must also preserve...
...been to college and been taught to think that the U.S. is just like the America of Washington and Lincoln that they write about in history. But that's not the whole picture. There are other things to be considered, and people must stick together to protect their property rights...
...invested in Sears stock, of which it holds by far the biggest block. In effect, the employees, through their trustees, have working control of the company. Outside pension experts sometimes view this with alarm; if Sears goes broke, the employees would lose heavily though cash and Government bonds protect the employees' own contributions. But Wood thinks that it makes employees work hard for Sears, and is thus the best insurance against the company's going broke...