Word: safeguarded
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...short run, democracy has great weaknesses. When it competes with a system of government which cares nothing for permanency, a system built primarily for war, democracy, which is built primarily for peace, is at a disadvantage. And democracy must recognize its weaknesses; it must learn to safeguard its institutions if it hopes to survive...
...relatively trivial. What matters is that McNamara's stand has illustrated with remarkable clarity that the government need not be defenseless against the McCarthys and the McCloeds; they are not agents of irresistible currents of history. Adherence to procedures with which every industrial executive is familiar is a useful safeguard against the demoralization of civilian and military officials who believe, as McNamara said after the Thurmond hearings, that the menace of Communism "comes more from Moscow than from...
...Ghana, Nkrumah was privately cordial to Hare's overtures, but as soon as Hare left, Nkrumah took the platform to declare that Ghana "would almost certainly be forced to leave the sterling area to safeguard our trading position" if Britain joined...
...noisy applause of the dozens of marshals, generals, admirals and war veterans arrayed behind the speaker's stand, Khrushchev repeated his grim warning of changes to come for West Berlin, suggesting that these really were needed to safeguard world peace. "The Soviet people do not want war . . . For the sake of this, toward the end of this year, we, together with other peace-loving states, will sign a peace treaty with the German Democratic Republic . . . We do not threaten West Berlin . . . we propose a free city status...
Charles E. Bohlen '27, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, delivered the Commencement address. He urged the graduating class to consider "what you can do during this period to make your individual contribution to your country's efforts to safeguard the values which you have received and which we are all trying to protect...