Word: protectiveness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...firing a dozen shots near a lightly defended government village pose an agonizing problem for the local commander. If he calls for reinforcements, it is almost certain that no enemy will be found. If he does not, the villagers may begin to wonder whether the government really means to protect them...
Article IV of the Constitution permits the United States to protect a state against domestic violence "upon request of its Legislature or of its governor if the Legislature cannot be convened...
...said that Johnson could have sent in troops without a request from Governor Romney. By "finding that the use of troops probably was necessary to protect government property, secure delivery of the mails, promote interstate commerce and execute...the laws of the United States" Johnson, he said, could have acted unilaterally...
...little while, the move seemed to pay off. No sooner had Flegon announced that he would publish his version in Russian and English than Svetlana and Hutchinson & Co., her British publisher, won a London court ruling temporarily stopping Flegon's plan. In order to protect their copyright under British law, Hutchinson then rushed out a handful of Russian-language copies of the book and put them on sale in obscure London bookshops. London newspapers scooped up the copies, put Russian-reading reviewers to work, and last week the gist of the memoirs...
...Davis-Weinberger fabric will soon be tested in Viet Nam as a boot lining to protect infantrymen against poisoned bamboo stakes set out by the V.C. At a recent Davis demonstration, a single layer of the nylon draped over a man's knee stopped a chain saw cold, indicating a wide range of possible industrial uses. Samples have since been ordered for evaluation by the Air Force, the Marines and five foreign nations. Police in several U.S. cities are also interested. During the riots, a New York City patrolman was slashed open from shoulder to waist by a looter...