Word: protector
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...same inn. Cromwell was so impressed with Howard's feints of piety that he invited him to come to his chamber that they might say their goodnight prayer together. Howard consented; but once inside the bedroom he exchanged piety for pistols, bound, gagged and robbed the Protector. Then, says one old source, "taking the pan out of a closestool that stood in the room, which happened to be pretty well filled, he clapped it on [Cromwell's head], crowning him in such a manner as he deserved...
...giving more butterfat in her milk than any other cow in U.S. history, Carnation Homestead Daisy Madcap, a moon-eyed Holstein belonging to the Carnation Co., was crowned "Queen of All Cows." At Daisy's coronation, Carnation Director G. S. Bulkley pronounced the eulogy: "To the dairy cow: protector of our natural health and wealth, fountain of youth of this modern day. To the dairy cow: our slave, our friend, our foster mother. Thank God for the dairy...
...work, his latter-day Peter comes across a new species of wolf: "The sinister, evil voices of the warmongers and Wall Street merchants on their way to Korea, carrying hundreds of thousands of death-dealing bombs." Guarding's enthusiastic conclusion : "The children's best friend and protector lives in the Kremlin...
Down with Politicians. But Leopold's life is complicated by the political intrigues that zigzag through the town. When a loudmouthed rascal who has found refuge in the local branch of the Communist Party denounces him as a protector of a fascist, Leopold is thrown into jail. There he suffers agonies because he is deprived of his wine. When he is finally released, he bellows his denunciation of all politicians-Communists, Gaullists, "the whole bloody country"-in the town streets. A war profiteer whom he has mocked gets Leopold arrested again. While resisting, he is shot and killed...
...sort of university which can best serve as a protector of democratic ideals. Conant said, is the "academic corporation." In such an organization the training of new students is carried on side by side with the development of a new faculty and thus traditions of free thought are maintained...