Word: protection
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...desirous of keeping well may be interested to know that the last snow storm was followed by numerous colds a large number of men being quite ill with tonsillitis. What was true of that storm will probably be true of this one unless more care is taken to protect the body from cold and wet. From some ten years of observation I am convinced that wet feet are the most common cause of tonsillitis and other forms of sore throat. There is no "water-proof" shoe made that will keep the foot dry in deep snow, especially in melting snow...
...loss of the ball, and in the other instances proved serious obstacles to success. The fumbling of punts was due partly to the high wind, and to the benumbing weather, but the serious results were due more directly to the failure of the men in the backfield to protect the runner by effective blocking...
...order to protect the giraffe and other specimens of big African mammals in the Museum, the three large glass cases in the African room have been replaced by a single case, constructed of large panes of plate glass...
...drawings must have been taken for use and temporarily misplaced by one of the students, but thorough search and inquiry has failed to discover them and it is now evident that the drawings have been stolen. The loss is the more to be regretted as the measures necessary to protect the other drawings will make impossible the perfect freedom of access to the collections which has been permitted hitherto...
...this case, it will establish a precedent which will allow seizures in all cases where there has been an award. In this way the European powers will acquire more territory than is due, and therefore we must look to the future as did President Monroe in the past. To protect the republics from oppression we must act in the old way. Once let in, the European governments will stay and grow stronger...