Word: protectiveness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...would protect himself, as he had always done when Radcliffe freshmen, wild with prep school passion, stormed his sports car to win his favor. Ever haughty, ever proud, Vag had constructed a wall between the world and himself. All that was inane, boorish, and crude was forever shut off from...
...American smile can become oppressive, he recalls a dentist whose nurses made him feel that "dying in the midst of these happy smiles and the angel wings of these white, immaculate uniforms would be a pure pleasure, a moment of no consequence . . . I left this dentist, in order to protect within my mind the Christian idea of death...
Help for Heels. Tough vinyl caps designed to protect lifts of women's shoes from wear and keep heels from splitting are being marketed by Liftsavers, Inc. of New York City. The caps slip easily over the heels, need no nailing or cementing, come in seven sizes and four colors. Price: 39? a pair...
...endorsed me, and I'm running independently." Even the low-lying Nixon forces were flirting with the idea of grabbing control of the November campaign from the Knowland-ites. There was talk that Vice President Nixon would step in, not only to restore order but to protect his own presidential chances lest a Democratic victory this fall pull important California out from under...
Since the war the U.S. has with unexampled generosity poured out its treasure all over the world, first to help its allies who were impoverished in the joint defense of freedom, and then to foster and protect the young economies of the newly independent states. All too little credit has been given for this; indeed, often you have found ingratitude...