Word: protectiveness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Going Native. Stone-and-Steel Man Weese went native, decided to use mahogany, with the help of modern protective chemicals, and based his design on the primitive postcard hut-upside down. He designed the embassy as a hollow square raised high up from a concrete platform on graceful stilts, shaded by a broad mahogany overhang and centered on a pool and an airy stairway in the interior court. Though the offices are to be individually air conditioned, the hollow building is designed to be cool on its own. It is one room deep all around for through ventilation, with...
...three refiners for 302,000 bbl. of "unwanted" gasoline. Yet so far, testified Rathbone, Jersey Standard has tailored its lift to Europe's needs, shipped 20 million bbl. of crude, only 431,000 bbl. of gasoline. Asked the probers: Was the recent boost in crude prices made to protect the industry against a falling profit margin? Yes, said Rathbone. noting that Jersey Standard's profit percentage of net worth is slipping, dropped from 19.1% in 1951 to 15.8% in 1955. Though Jersey Standard's profits will rise $100 million in 1957 to $900 million, it must also...
Since 1948 the Nationalist Government, under Prime Minister Malan and later Strijdom, has passed heavy restrictive legislation designed to protect South African whites from non-European influence. No African (black) may own land outside the Reserves, nor is he allowed to move from one area to another without written permission from the Government. The Population Registration Act provides a Register of the population in order to distinguish clearly between racial groups. The Bantu Education Act of 1949 imposed strict restrictions on the education of blacks in the Union, carefully segregating schools and curricula...
...situation is humorous, and the spoof of prudery is carried off well. The local home guard captain feels it his duty to protect the morals of the people and a typically severe Calvinist mother tries to prolong her son's abstention. Happily, neither can alter human nature. Basil Radford as the self-important captain and Jean Cadel as the silver-cord keeping mother, are quite adequate, as is Joan Greenwood, who provides the film's sexual interest...
...from Washington, will soon meet in Cairo with Egypt's President Nasser. In the four weeks since Saud and Nasser last met, there has been a perceptible shift of opinion in the Arab world. Though the Eisenhower Doctrine has given all Arab nations evidence of U.S. readiness to protect them, Arab leaders are trending away from Nasser on their own initiative. Beirut's Nahar quoted Saud as saying: "I am convinced that the future of the Arab world must be founded on its friendship with America." See FOREIGN NEWS, Shifting Opinion...