Word: protection
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...recent warm weather has brought a pest of brown-tailed gypsy moths, which as in former years, has been of great danger to the Yard trees, Measures have, however, been taken to protect the trees by a thorough application of creosote taroil which has been sprinkled over the trunks and branches...
Fractures.--The number of fractures received was considerable although nearly all were of minor severity. In almost every case the fractures were x-rayed. In many cases the men were allowed to play after receiving fractures, at a time when patients ordinarily would be willing to protect themselves, although in every case the players were very carefully guarded by special apparatus. In no case did a man who had been allowed to play a relatively short time after the receipt of a fracture receive a refracture...
...condition before reporting for football in the middle of September. The scrimmage was not begun as early this year as is usual, in order to harden the men up as much as possible before the violent work began, and special pads and armor were provided in sufficient quantities to protect the players as far as possible. In spite of these special precautions it is claimed that the number of injuries was excessive. It was noticeable that the injuries came
...cold enough. The rink is 180 feet long and 80 feet wide, surrounded by a four foot wooden wall and outside of that a low bank of loam to keep in the water. A high fence is being put up on the north side of the rink to protect it from wind and snow. The rink will be flooded from the hydrant used last year and from two new hydrants, which have been installed under the Stadium. No work has been done yet on the second rink...
...subject was "The Prisons." The early years of the Revolutionary government, said Professor Sumichrast, were marked by that tyranny and cruelty which is almost invariably exercised by a weak government as the only means of maintaining its power. The prisons and the scaffold were used by the authorities to protect themselves from the people...