Word: safeguards
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this, there have been three noticeable reactions within the universities. First is the frequent use of the Fifth Amendment by professors when questioned about past activities. The discredit which this Constitutional safeguard has suffered is extremely unfortunate, for in the eyes of a great majority of the nation's population, its use is synonymous with the veiling of hidden guilt...
...doings between London and Rome at the outset of World War II. A letter addressed to Mussolini and signed "Churchill" recognized Italy's "right to the Mediterranean." A draft Mussolini-Churchill "agreement" recognized "the grave possibility" of Britain's defeat by the Axis and asked that Italy safeguard British interests "at any future peace conference." There were other letters and papers, all showing low jinks by high figures...
...about 20% of foreign-government (mostly American) grants to the Middle East. Result: Israel"has been enabled to realize several major goals":a doubling in population, economic progress rapid enough to ensure political stability and to cause rightist and leftist extremists to lose ground, an army adequate to safeguard independence...
...school concerned, then considered by foundation officials, who commonly are prominent educators in their own right. Frequent policy statements and financial reports usually tell the public more about the operation of the foundations than they know about their local college, whose traditions the Reece Committee expects it to "safeguard...
...Best Safeguard. Based on the experience in Korea, Shepherd decided that "the best safeguard," both for prisoners themselves and for the national interest, is to give no more than name, rank and serial number. He noted nevertheless that in Korea "those seemed to have fared best who talked the least...