Word: protectiveness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...expected this one to yield, as others had. They expected an early peace; they could feel it in the air and in their bones. Another school of thought holds that the Communists never intend to reach final agreement, that they are using the truce conferences as a ruse to protect their buildup for a crushing offensive, just as the Chinese Reds, while fighting the Nationalists in the civil war, had made treacherous use of truces to gather strength for the next attack. The pessimists point to the Red buildup which is still going on. The optimists in high places...
...future looks good. But in a war-menaced world, the good future will come to pass only if the nation has the economic strength and the arms to protect itself. Neither alone is sufficient. In 1951, the nation proved it has the strength. In 1952, it must get the arms...
Davis gives much credit to the unsung wingmen-whose primary job is not to down MIGs but to protect their leaders. Davis has never brought his plane back bearing a trace of battle damage. Last week, on the day he downed four MIGs, he chased two MIGs away from his own wingman's tail...
...have become so frozen that a little pliability on small things might thaw Russia out. After all, said the British, Russia already has one veto on the Security Council, and one more small vote for the Russians could not make matters any worse. And furthermore, the British want to protect the gentlemen's agreement whereby another Council seat is reserved for the British Commonwealth. Other Western Europeans, reportedly the Scandinavians and French, sided with the British...
Darrell centered his talk on tax situations where government and individual interests conflict, causing a difficult decision on the part of the lawyer. He stated that in such a situation the lawyer should remember that he is a citizen and must protect the government, no matter what the immediate effect on the client was. He felt that the client would understand and respect the lawyer...