Word: protectiveness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Except for Me and Thee, West 10. Preserve and Protect, Drury...
...Faculty are sometimes known to suppress their personal tastes in the interests of broader academic criteria. They may dislike a man for his dress or his politics and yet respect him for his scholarship. A system of checks like that now planned for Afro-American Studies should help protect prospective Faculty members against purely personal judgments from either quarter...
...College v. Woodward (1819), John Marshall ruled that a state charter cannot be altered without approval of the corporation's governing body. Since the Harvard Charter of 1659 does not specify that the legislature granted it on condition of being able to change it at will, Harvard might be protected under the Dartmouth College decision. In that case, the University can protect itself against any vengeful acts by Ronald Reagans in the legislature, and petitioning the state for changes in specific laws would not be so dangerous as it has seemed...
Hats in the Ring. Boyle's, most. serious competition for the union presidency is Elijah Wolford, 43, a miner who has switched to night work so he can spend his days campaigning. "The union," says Wolford, "has moved too far away from its original purpose-to protect the workingman...
...body burned free of all its hair, Pratt's mind verges on madness. Though he has survived these trials, Pratt still lives in fear and trembling of Horn and his apocalyptic world. And in the end, when someone attempts to kill Horn, it is Pratt who tries to protect him. Secluded in the bowels of Pratt's church, where Horn has maintained a secret hideout for years, the two men finally reveal themselves to each other. Pratt has always been a misfit-he says-though he does have the courage to admit his fears and weakness. Horn emerges...