Word: encroachment
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Trib labelled the Hutchins Commission on Freedom of the Press, on which three University professors served, as "unprecedented in the history of the United States for its assumption of privilege to encroach on the constitutional liberty of the American Press...
...believes, will be far too weak during the next 20 to 30 years. The danger as he sees it is rather that the Soviet Union might stumble into war through trying to repair its weakness-i.e., in trying to widen its protective belt of satellite states, it may encroach on the West's own conception of security...
...flamboyant, operatic finery, is set in late 19th Century Texas. The evil old cattle baron (Lionel Barrymore) lives in a pretty ranch house with his good wife (Lillian Gish), one good son (Joseph Gotten) and one very bad son (Gregory Peck). When the railroad (civilization) tries to encroach on Barrymore's rangeland, all hell breaks loose in the form of rip-roaring gunplay, overheated histrionics, and the tattoo of hoofbeats across gorgeously tinted landscapes...
...problem, you see, is basically his problem, not ours. We cannot solve it for him. We can contribute only by a long-term policy of firmness, patience and understanding, designed to keep the Russians confronted with superior strength at every juncture where they might otherwise be inclined to encroach upon the vital interests of a stable and peaceful world; but we should do this in so friendly and unprovocative a manner that its basic purposes will not be subject to misinterpretation...
...random sample of 88 out of the first 300 plants to set up production-drive committees. Despite management's early fears (and the survey was built up exclusively from management reports), 91% of those with concrete opinions reported that labor had not used the drive to encroach on management; 78% said labor had used them "in a sincere effort to increase production"; 62% said they had received more worthwhile production suggestions than before; 67% that the plan justified the time and effort it took to operate...