Word: shielding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Governor of Northern Ireland, the Duke of Abercorn, reprieved all but Thomas Williams, the Dublin reprieve committee was not consoled. Said the committee: "The reprieve of five of the men does not alter the position." Ireland, approving Thomas Williams' purpose, overlooked the law, added his name to its shield of defiance against the British...
...premier and its army grew to one-and-a half divisions of quisling Croatian troops, plus enough Italian regulars and Black Shirts to control it. But, as Ante Pavelich soon found out, this was not what some Croats wanted. He dared not go out in the streets without a shield of burly bodyguards. "Communist bands'' became the terror of his troops, and General Draja Mihailovich, whose forces are concentrated in western Croatia, had won thousands of new adherents. What happened last week in Zagreb taught more Croats a lesson: that Serb dominance was to Gestapo dominance...
...effect of tradition to the poor Crimson by giving it a nivy covered house, but we doubt that even ivy could cover up the journalism of the Crimson. The best thing for them to do with the ivy would be to use it as a protecting cover to shield each issue of the Crimson from the critical eyes of the cold, cruel world. Radellffe News...
...senior singles will open today at Weld Boathouse. After preliminary heats and trials, the finals will be held at the end of the week. To winners in the singles or comp class trophies consisting of miniature shells are given, while winners in the wherry class are presented with a shield-shaped plaque surmounted by parallel oars...
...Japs once reported - something was seriously wrong with Japan's air defenses. If the U.S. raiders lost only two or three - as the Japs first reported - Japan has no air defenses to speak of. Whatever the true figure, Tokyo evidently had few fighters at home to shield herself...