Word: protected
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Craig worked the first two years after she graduated from high school, and now owns her own business. As a result she has been able to protect her family from new monetary worries. But many students from working-class backgrounds say they experience intense financial pressure...
...case reveals two things. First, it is now clear that John Silber cannot violate the law when it serves his ends. More important is the revelation that Silber was willing to try to violate basic civil rights to protect his precious image of a tranquil campus...
This week, just days before the Shuttleworth trial begins, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in another Florida case, School Board of Nassau County v. Arline, that may have an important bearing on whether federal laws for the handicapped can be used to protect AIDS victims. The suit was brought by Gene Arline, who was dismissed in 1979 from her job as a third-grade teacher because she had tuberculosis, which can be passed on by sneezing or coughing and is far more easily transmitted than AIDS...
...proposed ordinance, similar to one passed in San Francisco and other cities, is designed to protect non-smoking employees from any work situation forcing them to breathe tobacco smoke within city limits...
...optimistic that the ordinance will pass [next Monday]," Sullivan said this week. "The City of Cambridge certainly has the right to protect its citizens." To pass, the regulation needs five votes among the nine city councilors...