Word: protection
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Cracow to Kilimanjaro. When the Red armies slogged in to "protect" Eastern Poland in 1939, Jan Olechny was sure the Russians would take action against antiCommunists. One chilly morning he said goodbye to his wife and twelve-year-old son Riszard, set out with a knapsack to walk through the lines and join some cousins in German-held Cracow...
...Dwarf tore off his blue gown and rushed into the house, firing wildly. He killed Pramote's eight-year-old niece and the Ceylonese guest. Then The Dwarf dashed out, shouting to his pal to start Pramote's Packard. Pramote's chauffeur protested, trying to protect his boss's car. The Dwarf killed him, too. By the time police arrived, The Dwarf had disappeared...
...worth upwards of $375), turned the fields to potatoes, and gradually added to his holdings. "Potatoes," explains Gehring, "meant rotation. To get steady potato crops, I reached for more land. For a good rotation crop, I chose mint. Mint and potatoes meant irrigation and controlling more land to protect our water rights. So this thing just grew and grew...
...last week explained his purpose: "The Russians will see an F and know that people still have courage to speak up for human decency. German Spitzel [informers] will find the mark on their homes and will wonder whether the Red arm of the MVD is really long enough to protect them. Ordinary citizens, seeing an F, will know they are not alone, that there is more to be done against inhumanity than simply to cower and grovel...
...India (Columbia) offers a sepia-tinted view of Sabu, onetime Elephant Boy, presiding over a whole jungleful of exotic fauna &. flora. He is especially fond of tigers, which he fondles like outsize tabby cats. He is on intimate terms with all the other jungle beasts and is determined to protect them from the wholesale poachings of a progressive Indian prince (Turhan Bey) in search...