Word: protector
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Warwick at the Battle of Barnet. (Author Kendall's maps show modern landmarks so the reader can picture Warwick driving south across the "Golf Links.") But only with the sudden death of Edward IV does Richard step into the limelight-chosen by his dying brother as Lord Protector of England and guardian of twelve-year-old Edward...
Died. Baron Constantin von Neurath, 83, onetime (1932-38) German Foreign Minister, who became "Protector" of Bohemia and Moravia in 1939, was replaced by Reinhard ("The Hangman") Heydrich (1941) after a wave of unrest; of a heart ailment; at Enzweihingen, Germany...
Last year, the Cook County Democratic machine decided to drop Morris' patron and chief protector, Reform Mayor Martin Kennelly, in favor of County Clerk Richard J. Daley (a key Illinois tactician for Presidential Candidate Adlai Stevenson). During the campaign, Morris was tripped up as he tried to bug the hotel room of a suspect who had powerful connections with the county committee. Word got to Candidate Daley that Scotland Yard was working against him. Observed the Daily News: "Predictions were made . . . that the election of Mayor Daley would mean the disbanding of Scotland Yard...
During most of his life Von Karman lived with his sister Josephine (Pipo), who acted as his secretary and protector. When she died five years ago, his friends feared that he would never recover from the shock. He managed to make an adjustment, and in 1952, when he was 70, Von Karman became chairman of AGARD (Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research and Development), set up by NATO on his recommendation. Its job is to review advances in aeronautical science for application to the defense problems of the Western nations, and Von Karman, with his many languages, eminence and friendship with...
...attempt to serve as a "religious irritant," attempting to stimulate people to think seriously, while a the same time seeing himself as a "protector of students against zealous parents." Often he gets letters from parents, urging him to "make" their progeny go to church. To these people, he sends a form letter, informing them that a person should only come to the church for his own internal reasons. Thus, he sees his greatest service in an attitude of watchful waiting, or, as he phrases it, a "positive negativism...