Word: protectiveness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Cable, Too. Nolting went on to urge "a strong and effective military shield" to protect the new development of democracy in Viet Nam and argued against any compromise with North Viet Nam. "On this point also," he concluded, "I find myself in opposition to the prevailing views of The Times...
Someone told you to wear old clothes, so you've scrounged around for the worst sweatshirt and dungarees you could find. Cavers usually prefer coveralls, since any tight place can pull your sweatshirt up over your head, and then your chest gets painted with mud. To protect your head you wear a miner's hard hat with a carbide light. In your pockets are stuffed a bottle of water, a spare bottle of carbide, a flashlight, matches, and a candle...
...said her name was Katherine." Another rescuer, choking with sobs, had to break the leg of one small boy to free him. One miner found the bodies of Teacher David Beynon and five students. "David was clutching the five little children in his arms," he said, "as if to protect them...
Authorities abroad closed Intra's branches in Paris, London and Frankfurt. New York's state banking superintendent seized control of the Manhattan branch to protect its depositors. When the three largest U.S. banks (Bank of America, Chase Manhattan and First National City) defied the superintendent's demand to turn over $2,529,000 of Intra deposits-on the ground that the defunct bank owed them more than that elsewhere-he sued for the money. Some bankers fear that this wrangle could lead to retaliation against U.S. banks abroad...
...takes place in a Mexican village, where Yul Brynner and half a dozen unstable gun fighters fling up the barricades and begin intensive sessions of group therapy. At least it sounds that way. According to the plot, they are supposed to be fighting off a horde of bandits to protect 300 ignorant farmers who are being herded across the desert as slave labor to rebuild the local padre's church...