Word: bulwarks
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...that would have left half of Rwanda in the hands of those Hutu perpetrating the genocide and thus would have allowed them to finish what they had started in the zone they controlled. Grotesquely, the presence of humanitarians, in one aid expert's words, "far from representing a bulwark against evil, [may become] in fact one of its appendages...
...Even in the clothing manufacturing business?a bulwark of developing Asian economies?the country seems to be giving away any competitive advantage it once had by way of a cheap labor force. Minimum wages in Indonesia have grown rapidly?in Jakarta, by nearly 40% this year alone?and now are higher than in more developed Thailand, relative to each country's per capita income. Unions are now pushing for ill-conceived labor laws that call for employers to pay workers whenever they go on strike?effectively forcing manufacturers to underwrite crippling work stoppages at their own factories...
...said Brownstein, who splits lead vocals with Tucker and backup with Weiss. The taut interplay between the three is the band’s greatest strength: Tucker’s massive quiver is braced by Brownstein’s sonorous shouts, while Weiss is a unrelenting rhythmic bulwark...
Don’t succumb to cynicism, Reich had told the college students jammed into Science Center A. But cynicism, especially where politics is concerned, is the bulwark of our generation. What else could protect us from the political scandals of our youth—from the dimly-recalled Iran-Contra affair, from Bill Clinton’s indiscretions, from the muddle of the 2000 presidential election? I have been a cynic since the onset of adolescence—have been proud of my cynicism, have recognized it for the sturdy rampart it is, have smiled wryly as it, undented...
...must have seen that what protects us from disappointment is something more poisonous than our parents’ idealism. He must have known that by refusing to have our hopes in politics dashed we have refused to hope at all. He must have known that, crouched behind the bulwark of our cynicism, we were powerless to improve the world. He must have known that we can only feel the optimism that propelled our parents if we stand up, lower our pasteboard visors and stride forth...