Word: safeguarding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Peace had been hammered out in an eleven-day conference at Barzani's mountain headquarters at Rania. Statements by Barzani and Aref sealed the pact. To safeguard national unity, stop bloodshed and end a fratricidal fight, said Barzani, "we have decided to take the initiative in ordering a cease-fire." Declared Aref: "In the name of Allah the all-merciful, we have decreed the following in our desire to restore normal life and end the bloodletting." There followed a nine-point communique covering everything from "recognition of the national rights of our Kurdish brethren" to general amnesty...
...hands, introduced himself, asked, "Have you any suggestions about how we can do a better job for Viet Nam?" The politician was none other than South Viet Nam's strongman of the hour, Major General Nguyen Khanh, 36. Almost desperately, he was striving for the support necessary to safeguard his successful military coup...
Rooftop Sniping. The trouble began when Makarios sent Kuchuk 13 proposals for amending the Cyprus constitution, which gave independence to Cyprus in 1960 after four years of bloody guerrilla war between Greek Cypriot guerrillas and British troops. The constitution was a complicated document, carefully drawn to safeguard the rights of the tiny nation's 100,000 Turkish Cypriots as well as the 500,000 Greek Cypriot majority. The Turkish community got veto power over the most important legislation and was promised 30% of all government appointments. To enforce the constitution, Greece was allowed to send 850 troops to Cyprus...
...Fraud upon the State." The chief practical safeguard is that most Mexican divorces have the consent of both husband and wife, and few people back out later. But when third parties-disinherited children, later spouses, pension fund administrators-have an interest in the case, they may have grounds for successful court attacks...
...down on one knee and touch the floor twice with the palms of their hands, and even his closest courtiers may not speak to him unless they fall to their knees; all who pass in front of him must crouch low and snap their fingers repeatedly as a safeguard against Mwata Yambo's possible displeasure...