Word: protected
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Having no wish to contribute to the hysteria that always follows the grief at such public mournings, McCartney, who has hired two bodyguards to protect himself and his family, said he would stay home in Sussex, England, even if there was a funeral. There was not. Lennon's body was cremated in a suburban New York cemetery, and Ono issued a statement inviting everyone "to participate from wherever you are" in a ten-minute silent vigil on Sunday afternoon...
...NATO allies, China and Japan to agree not to set up military bases or deploy nuclear weapons in any of the oil-producing countries of the region. This was a direct challenge to the Carter doctrine, enunciated after the Afghan invasion; it pledged the U.S. to protect the gulf and adjacent sea lanes from any Soviet threat. Washington promptly rejected Brezhnev's proposals. A State Department spokesman characterized them as "vague, inequitable and unworkable in practice." The Indian government prudently announced that it needed to study Brezhnev's scheme before venturing an opinion. But the Indian press...
...remained on the books after black nationalists took over the government of newly independent Zimbabwe last April. (The law was repealed only after the Tekere trial began.) At the advice of their Gibraltar-born white lawyer, Nick McNally, the defendants claimed that they were only trying to protect government officials from a "terrorist" plot on their lives...
Diplomatically, the need of Western countries for petroleum imports from Arab suppliers has strained relations with Israel and among members of the NATO alliance. A pessimistic study titled Energy and Security, which was published last week, warns that only dramatically strengthened energy security programs can protect oil-importing nations from the shocks and chaos of supply interruptions...
...other members of society. The University, however, has a special autonomy and reasoned dissent plays a particularly vital part in its existence. All members of the University have the right to press for action on matters of concern by any appropriate means. The University must affirm, assure and protect the rights of its members to organize and join political associations, convene and conduct public meetings, publicly demonstrate and picket in orderly fashion, advocate and publicize opinion by print, sign and voice...