Word: shield
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...symbol of what the Italian press has come to call, among many other things, the "Strage di Gioveìi Nero"- the Massacre of Black Thursday. Several hundred bouquets of flowers were piled neatly in front of a low cross. Pinned to the cross in a cellophane shield were five newspaper photos of the dead. Below them was a brief inscription: ''The neighborhood draws close around the families of the five assassinated policemen and the family of The Honorable Aldo Moro, in a commitment of human and civil solidarity." Tacked to a tree near by was a lurid...
...between the governing Christian Democrats and the Communists, as many leftists were prone to suspect, the effect, for the moment at least, was exactly the reverse. A gigantic labor rally in Rome, called to express outrage at the kidnaping, produced the unusual sight of white banners, with the crossed shield of the Christian Democrats, flying silk-to-silk with the red flags and the hammer and sickle of the Italian Communists...
...victim is the baffled he-man who is afraid of unleashing his own violence. Says Steinmetz: "There is a feeling among beaten men: 'If I ever let go I would kill her.' " Another type is the passive, dependent man who has sought out a strong wife to shield him from worldly problems. Barbara Star, a professor of social work at the University of Southern California, finds that battered spouses are usually people who feel overwhelmed by life, repress all strong feelings and tend to blame themselves for whatever goes wrong. Most, she explains, are convinced that fighting back...
Government officials have no plans to ban the extremely valuable material. But they, as well as industry scientists, are looking for safe ways to handle, shield and dispose of the composites. Says a Government spokesman: "Properly handled, these materials can be very useful. We want to make sure, however, that their use is fully understood...
...ozone layer acts as a shield for the earth, blocking harmful amounts of ultraviolet radiation. McElroy was among the first to postulate that man-made propellants, such as freon in aerosal sprays, are a primary danger to the ozone layer...