Word: protectiveness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...contrast, federal Nigeria is relatively untouched by the war. In Lagos, street lights remain dark to conserve power and protect against an air attack, though that is certainly improbable. Military roadblocks and the spot checking of cars for smuggled ammunition create massive traffic tie-ups; and on walls throughout the city, government posters depict Ojukwu's demonic countenance being crushed by the boot of a soldier. Otherwise, life in Lagos maintains its prewar rhythms. On Saturday evenings, the Gondola and Cabin Bamboo dance halls still swing, and weekend picnickers jam the gleaming bay-front beaches, splashing in the surf...
...that it was not how much you saw but how well you looked, and his living-room studio provided him with material enough-including a passing parade of models. One who caught his eye was a graceful seamstress who arrived for work one day wearing a scarf designed to protect and cleverly disguise the fact that she had the mumps. And then there was his mother, who lived to be 90. "My muse," he called her. He painted her bent over the sewing machine, stitching before the window, feeding her grandchild, and watering the flowers. Her hair changed color over...
...over the last year for all five of its member nations. Both the British decision to withdraw its forces east of Suez and the Paris peace talks have sharply altered Asian horizons. "Ultimately," as Ramos put it, "we have got to rely on our own resources and energies to protect our lives and our fortunes." ASEAN clearly could evolve into one means to that common...
...were alive today, Brisbin would have to be more politic. At the least, he would find trading in D. L. & W. shares suspended until he provided the appropriate information; at the most, the stock would be delisted. To protect the individual investor, who accounts for about half the shares traded, the stock exchanges have moved to order that more and more corporate information be made available. The New York Stock Exchange's board of governors recently expanded its Timely Disclosure policy to provide that merger negotiations, if they are known to a few, must henceforth be disclosed...
When I see Black men being beaten in front of their women, I lose a bit of my manhood. When I think of how I'm not able to protect myself nor my little woman from the greedy, sadistic hands, mean cruel White hearts, and evil minds of the "White Devil," I lose a bit of my manhood and I shudder and hide my face in shame...