Word: protectant
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...most formidable task was navigating the sea of regulations governing Peruvian forestry, and somehow making use of thousands of pages harvested from the very trees they were intended to protect...
...People who have been senior members of the previous regime cannot be entrusted to protect the population," Hussein al-Sharhistani, a deputy speaker of the parliament, told TIME. "I cannot see how they can serve in any senior position...
...mammoth shot that impacted a local house—it actually cleared some netting designed to protect the quiet, tree-lined avenue beyond left field—Klimkiewicz’ homer built a 5-3 Harvard lead in the extra eighth inning of the seven-inning game...
...right to create a hostile environment for others. A boss who demands sexual favors for promotions or a co-worker who threatens to harm another worker should not be tolerated. Nonetheless, these valid concerns should be differentiated from an expansive political correctness that is, in reality, an attempt to protect people’s feelings. While threats or physical action against a co-worker are illegal and prosecutable, an ill-placed joke or an out-of-the-mainstream opinion is not. Harvard, at least on paper, recognizes this fact. The Handbook for Students states that “speech...
...Some people will do anything in their power to protect the lives of those who desire death with dignity because they are terminally ill or so severely impaired that they cannot eat or even breathe. On the other hand, the same people often do anything in their power to enforce the death penalty. What word other than hypocrisy is appropriate? Michel Berner Wallisellen, Switzerland...