Word: protecting
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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When told by Gerstein that federal and state laws protect the right of photographers to take pictures on public sidewalks and in public parks, Aziz suggested that The Crimson had abused its First Amendment rights, Gerstein said...
...fundamental differences between modern democratic states and their feudal precursors is the role played by police forces. In states like Saudi Arabia, for example, the justice system exists to serve the whims of the rich and the powerful; here, its job is to protect all citizens--regardless of social status--from just these caprices...
...their zeal to protect a Saudi prince encamped at the Charles Hotel, however, Harvard and Cambridge police seem to have forgotten this fundamental distinction. On two occasions this weekend, the police have stood by and watched while the prince's aides physically assaulted Crimson reporters who were attempting to photograph them in a public place, according to the two reporters involved. On another occasion, they ignored a threat made to a reporter's life--again, according to the reporter. Instead of responding to the situation, our reporter said the officers found it more important to escort the Saudi Arabian...
...Arizona, where he has been told a better life beckons, Wade begins to realize that his parents have not only pulled up stakes but are racing to leave each other as well. The gun that introduces The Steward never goes off. Instead the Midwestern farm boy called upon to protect his grandparents, mother and brother from a lunatic reported to be in the area encounters nothing but a heightened awareness of the tedium of family routines...
...Kremlin. Consider now the luxuriant scandal surrounding Paul Bern, an MGM producer who was found shot to death in 1932 shortly after his marriage to his prize star, Jean Harlow. A suicide note apologized for "the frightful wrong I have done you." MGM boss Louis B. Mayer tried to protect Harlow by spreading the word that Bern had been impotent and killed himself in shame. After a minimal investigation, the coroner's jury declared that Bern had committed suicide with "motive undetermined." End of scenario...