Word: protecters
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When those of differing opinions clash in a deliberative democracy, society may need to restrict certain actions to preserve order and protect citizens. Nobody has a "right" to practice sodomy any more than one has a "right" to play checkers. Both actions can be discouraged or curtailed if necessary...
...least one worker alleged that although it was the union which represented them unfairly, Harvard did nothing to protect the interests of its workers...
...animal kingdom, look no further than the higher male primate. Gorilla males coolly murder infants fathered by other males to free up nursing mothers for breeding; orangutans will resort to rape if their mating overtures are rebuffed; rival gangs of chimpanzees may wage bloody border wars to protect their turf or enlarge their harems. And the evolutionary big brother of all these creatures, the human male, has a rap sheet that's too long to contemplate...
...more than three years, the White House and the U.S. computer industry have sat locked, eyeball to eyeball, in a seemingly intractable face-off over who will control the secret codes that protect our most sensitive communications. The government claimed to be working to protect us from nuke-carrying terrorists; the computer industry said it was championing the individual's right to privacy. Neither was telling the whole truth...
...what would Dole do instead? Well, that's the problem. Dole is heavy on critique but light on prescription; his wisdom rarely rises beyond a mush of content-free bromides. "I will pursue a strategy for success," he pledged. "We must define our interests and assume full responsibility to protect and promote [them] ... We will stand by our allies and nurture coalitions. We will keep our promises...