Word: protectiveness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Both Reischauer and Fairbank supported the United States' decision to halt the North Korean invasion, but were equally critical of President Truman's move to protect Formosa with the Seventh Fleet...
...there bullets in your gun?' 'No, chief. Only buckshot and small shot, the kind I use on hyenas.' 'The kind you use on hyenas! Why?' 'Because I would have enjoyed letting the aggressors suffer as the hyenas whom I kill to protect your children and goats...
...send strong air forces to protect Formosa, the Communists will grab it eventually and use it as a springboard to tie up with the Huks in the Philippines...
...only change was to add a vague clause in Article 6 that seemed to limit the article's application to civil servants, thus possibly excusing newsmen from its restrictions. In the rush, few heard the tiny Radical minority's shout that the bill was designed not to protect the nation against spies and saboteurs but to protect Peron against opposition. Peron already had the 1948 General Organization Law, giving him unlimited powers the moment he declares that a national emergency exists. With the new bill, his regime would hold an unbreakable legal grip on the lives of Argentina...
When handled properly, many animals develop close relationships with their keeper, accepting him as a "friend" of their own species. They take refuge with him when danger threatens, or protect him against the attacks of other animals...