Word: shielding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...logical structure of his statement is weakened by the contradictory argument which it contains. He declared that the bill which his committee drafted is for the protection of the "little business man. "Large employers are able to look after themselves. But further on he stated that the bill will shield the public from paralyzing, nation-wide strikes-which can occur only in the largest industries or utilities...
This kind of support was considerably more important to U.N.'s future than Russian abuse of the veto. (Last week the U.S.S.R. cast its tenth veto, this time to shield satellite Albania from blame for blowing up two British destroyers...
...would be far better (and cheaper) to get electricity direct. How? Piles give their energy in a snarl of assorted forms: zig-zagging neutrons, high-speed beta particles, heat, light, gamma rays. Confined within the pile's thick shield, they all simmer down to heat, the most "degraded" form of energy. It takes the costly boiler-turbine-generator combination to "elevate" the heat into usable electricity...
...wide-open city room that Founder William Rockhill Nelson planned that way, Roy Roberts is easy to see and hard to miss. No secretaries shield him, but callers have to compete with clubwomen, clergymen, panhandlers, bankers, ward-heelers-and reporters who sit in the edges of nearby desks, eyes cocked for an opening. The man to see sits in shirtsleeves, chomping a frayed cigar, nodding vigorously, his stomach like a bolster between him and the desk...
...letter, read in all Catholic pulpits, heavily emphasized the Church's approval of the rural life for the protection of family ties and as a shield against city distractions. The bishops made the point that Quebec still had 10,000,000 acres of tillable, uncultivated soil, enough to establish 500 parishes of 200 families each. Said they: "Many of our young people would find there the living space that would allow them to make a home." Colonization was not a temporary palliative. "This is a permanent task ... to fill the gaps caused by emigration. ... It is also important...