Word: protectiveness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...approves a boondoggle: "Name one project that won't stand the acid," he challenges. Kirwan views his work as nation building. "Unfortunately, men are selfish, they are just interested in taking care of themselves," he says. "We had better wake up and do what is necessary to preserve, protect and develop America...
...force. There were always plenty of MIGs on the ground, and bomber crews occasionally reported sighting small formations of the Russian-built fighters on the horizon. But the MIGs seldom ventured to attack unless the odds seemed overwhelmingly in their favor. Never have they made a concerted effort to protect any target. Never have they been seen over the Panhandle, the vital staging area for all military units infiltrating the South. And in the past year, although markedly more MIGs have been sighted, they came in week-long spurts separated by lengthy lulls...
...that time, he puts in the roads and services and, as a fillip, adds country clubs, tennis courts and swim ming pools. Each project is carefully landscaped; there is some kind of permanent open space-lake, golf course or park-within a few hundred feet of every lot. To protect property values, deed restrictions are tight: building plans must be approved in advance by Perine's staff; only one single-family home may be erected on any one lot; and houses must be completed six months after construction starts...
...grads in the Mississippi senate to control all legislation in the state. Ole Miss produced eight of the nine members of the Mississippi Supreme Court and all three of the state's federal district judges, including Claude F. Clayton, who last week firmly ordered do-nothing police to protect Negro schoolchildren from savage white mobs in Grenada...
...gold. The U.S. Treasury last week noted that France, with gold purchases of $221 million, was the only nation to convert dollars into gold "significantly" during the second quarter of 1966. To allow the U.S. to continue as savior of the pound and at the same time to protect the U.S. from gold losses, the Europe-Canada-Japan group upped its pledge to the U.S. from $2 billion to $3 billion...