Word: protecters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Chinese market remains largely untapped because Beijing works at keeping it closed. The government is genuinely worried about competition at a time when massive reform of its moribund state enterprises is throwing millions out of work, but it is still a locked-down, state-protected economy. By dint of insistent negotiating, the U.S. has since 1993 reached 15 trade agreements that have opened the door somewhat. Included are two very difficult treaties to protect intellectual-property rights. The world's worst pirater, says U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky, "has gotten very serious about this because they have to if they...
...look for the new products, just out this year, that protect against both types of harmful sun rays. It used to be that the only part of the ultraviolet spectrum you had to worry about was short-intensity, UV-B radiation, which is primarily responsible for sunburns and the most likely cause of skin cancer. But then researchers discovered that UV-A, which has a longer wavelength than UV-B, does more than just promote wrinkles. It can also damage the skin's underlying connective tissue and possibly even dampen the body's immune system. Could UV-A, therefore, play...
That's why you should never rely on sunscreen as your only protection. Stay out of the midday sun (from 10 to 3), and you will avoid 60% of the UV-B that hits the earth. Slip on a long-sleeve shirt to protect those vulnerable areas on the shoulders and back. When you use sunscreen, slop it on thick and often. And slap on a wide-brimmed hat, and you can keep 70% of the sun's rays off your face and neck. After decades of their "Slip, Slop, Slap" campaign, Australians are starting to see a decrease...
According to City Clerk D. Margaret Drury, the amendment was motivated by a desire to protect the bells of St. Paul...
...flash point for America's unfinished conversation on race. The Ku Klux Klan is staging a rally outside the courthouse in Jasper, Texas, but the Klansmen face the unfamiliar experience of having their activities monitored by shotgun-wielding members of the New Black Panther Party, who plan to protect the town's black citizens. The Klan event is ostensibly intended to condemn the brutal murder of James Byrd, Jr. for which three men with white supremacist links have been charged...