Word: shield
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...validity of legal strictures concerning the substantial privacy of federal income tax returns, the raw investigatory files of the FBI, testimony given to federal grand juries, the confidential nature of the doctor-patient relationship, and a host of other matters. More often than not, Presidents have been able to shield their personal subordinates and the internal papers of their Administrations from investigation by either Congress or the press on the grounds of "executive privilege...
What is necessary, above all, is a redressed balance in the approach of Government to the public. Secrecy is all too often used as an easy cover for operational failures, as a mask for individual or collective mistakes in policymaking, as a shield for actual wrongdoing and as a cloak to hide the undertaking of new and often costly commitments. In part, the prevalence of covert dealings indicates that the different branches of Government simply do not trust one another very much these days. Can an atmosphere of greater confidence within the Government be achieved? Fortunately there is a pattern...
...creation of a united Western Europe, the U.S. role remains vital. Militarily, the 285,000 U.S. troops now in Western Europe form a shield behind which the area can unite and deal with the Russians without being intimidated. G.I.s serve the purpose of providing a forward defense against an accidental or conventional attack. In case of all-out war, their presence in substantial numbers is a guarantee to West Europeans and a warning to the Soviets that the U.S. would protect its allies with its nuclear might...
Harvard had four players in double figures-Mustoe, Dover, Lewis with ten points, and junior guard Matt Bozek with 12. That kind of balanced scoring, if it continues, will shield the Crimson from strong individual defensive performances by its opponents...
After sending off the novel, Mishima joined four young students who belonged to the ultranationalistic paramilitary Shield Society that he had formed two years ago. For the first time in weeks, the sky over Tokyo was free of smog. When Mishima and his companions reached Ichigaya Hill in western Tokyo, the headquarters of Japan's Eastern Ground Self-Defense Forces, sunshine bathed the midday. Mishima had arrived on the threshold of his life's climactic act. It was the sort of act, Japanese Literary Critic Kenkichi Yamamoto wrote later, that "reached its apex in one pyrotechnic explosion beyond...