Word: protect
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...Would Teddy Have Approved? Re Joe Klein's Teddy awards honoring courage in the political arena: A John McCain regime would have probably finished the job that the Republicans began so well of dismantling the National Parks system [Dec. 29]. This - and the concept that we should protect our national resources - is Teddy Roosevelt's greatest heritage. You really think he'd like McCain? Richard Bagwell, Berkeley, Calif...
...Wurzelbacher - who during the election campaign warned that a vote for Barack Obama was a vote for the destruction of Israel - picked a fight of his own. Turning on his new colleagues in the foreign press corps, he groused, "You should be ashamed of yourself. You should be patriotic, protect your family and children, not report like you have been doing for the past two weeks since this war has started." His complaint, it seemed, was that he was seeing too many reports of civilian casualties inside Gaza...
...nice to see behind the scenes,” she said. Dingman’s comfortable accommodations allowed for some hands-on assistance from a few courageous volunteers. The chefs demonstrated the “claw method” used to cut onions, which entails using the knuckle to protect the fingers and support the knife. McDowell said that she would not soon forget “getting scolded for my onion cutting.” She added, “I did not like the claw method.” —Staff writer Noah S. Rayman...
...fitting in at local diners and Tastee Freezes. But every so often, the city boy would break loose. One November evening in 2007, Obama stood in a school gym in Grundy Center, Iowa (pop. 2,596), while a woman explained that she didn't think he could protect the country as well as a Republican. "Don't think that I care any less than Rudy Giuliani or Mitt Romney about making sure that my daughters don't get blown up," Obama told her. He paused for a moment and then laughed, knowing he should probably stop there. "I live...
...some fishermen and others complain that Australia's efforts to protect sharks - catching rare white pointer sharks is illegal, for example - is resulting in an increase in attacks. In particular, they object to a policy of letting suspected man-eaters go. "Sharks do hang around after the attack, and the government has a duty of care to deal with it," says Queensland fisherman Vic Hislop. Sharks "learn to kill humans. They learn to go in hard and fast...