Word: protectiveness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Heller says the graduate boards of all of theclubs have been talking about measures toalleviate risk and protect history and traditionfor a while...
Charlotte takes a job as housekeeper to a moody old French artist, invents an absent husband for protection, tumbles into confused, despairing sex with a local resistance operative, and tries to stay clear of the murky vectors of mistrust and betrayal among the factions that threaten the tangled Resistance apparatus. Manages to keep her sandy hair dyed black. Chokes back hopelessness when two Jewish children she has been helping to protect are taken by Nazis...
...dangerous levels of pesticide residue. Though the produce industry challenges the findings, the researchers also claim that apples, pears and winter squash show troubling residue levels. Surprisingly, some imported samples were deemed safer than domestic. Which produce got the best ratings? Bananas, canned corn and--sorry, kids--broccoli. To protect yourself, don't stop eating fruits and veggies, but choose a variety, wash and peel--or go organic...
...every-man-a-vigilante mentality that makes violence inevitable. "Even decent people in inner-city neighborhoods are so distrustful of the police that they feel they have no choice but to take matters of personal defense into their own hands," says Anderson. "Instead of relying on the police to protect them, they let other people know that they can defend themselves with overwhelming force, which these days means having a gun and being willing to use it." The inflated sense of confidence that packing a gun engenders, especially in young men, can easily escalate a petty argument into a fatal...
David H. Maybury-Lewis '66, professor of anthropology and the founder of Cultural Survival--a group which helps protect indigenous peoples in Brazil--spoke about the difficulty in juggling many repsonsibilities...