Word: protectorates
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...back-up hurler looked like she would have been more comfortable in her usual face mask and chest protector. Williams allowed six Crimson hits and walked four batters, as well as getting called for an illegal pitch...
...bull market has a father and protector, the honor can be claimed by Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker. When the Dow hit a trough of 776.92 in August 1982 and the economy seemed hopelessly trapped in a recession, Volcker and his colleagues at the Fed were convinced that interest rates had to come down. No sooner had they loosened monetary policy than investors came storming back into the market. And as interest rates kept falling, the bulls kept buying. By November 1983 the Dow had reached a high of 1287.20. For the next year, the index more or less stagnated...
...just one phone call to make, Ronald Reagan was once asked, whom would he dial? He answered unhesitatingly with two words: Ed Meese. So it was hardly surprising last week that Reagan, facing the most serious crisis of his presidency, would turn to his longtime confidant, political protector and general cleanup man, Edwin Meese. "I think we're now getting back to the old Ed Meese," says Ed Salzman, publisher of the Golden State Report and a veteran Meese watcher, "the guy who kept Reagan out of trouble...
...with two other aides, Michael Deaver and James Baker, who ended up wielding more power. Nonetheless, Meese had a special bond with the President. Partly it was based on his keen affinity for Reagan's philosophy and outlook. In addition, his every instinct was to play the role of protector. Unlike Donald Regan, who seems infected with the arrogance of his own power, Meese infuses almost every public utterance with a sense that he is acting only as a loyal servant of the President...
Unsuspecting undergraduates who own a surge protector will never know if at any moment their paper was just saved from voltage destruction...