Word: protection
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...large property owners and the largest taxpayer in the city and because of that we have a great deal at stake," says Harvard's Associate Vice President for State and Community Affairs Jacqueline O'Neill, who handles local lobbying efforts. "We are obligated to protect our interests for the welfare of students, faculty and staff...
...pummeling Africa. But Shoumatoff's first-person reports do not simply catalog misery. Once on the scene, the author concentrates on the feel of a place and the conversation of the local residents, building the big picture through small details. He acknowledges Fossey's courage in trying to protect an endangered band of mountain gorillas; he also discovers that her love for the great apes was matched by her contempt for the Rwandan people. In the Central African Republic he encounters people who wonder why the West makes such a fuss about eating human flesh. Visiting his first AIDS clinic...
Sally Zimmerman, also from the Commission, said, "The standard motive for [seeking] a protective easement is to protect the building after you sell it." But, she said, the owners sought the easement, "I presume because they want the building to be preserved," adding that she doubted that they would sell...
...population that overwhelmingly passed the measures. The people have empowered themselves with more than the discretion to pick an official language: they have become arbiters over key civil rights. Millions of Spanish-speaking citizens must now hope that these "true blooded Americans" will sacrifice their own self-interests to protect the rights of others...
Ultimately, Morris' pranksterism may produce more harm for his computer users in the long-run, as our government becomes convinced that tighter security is necessary to protect the nation's computers. As Harvard officials have noted in reports and speeches in the past, clamps on the free flow of information harm the nation's economy and innovation. Perhaps taking a firm hand with Morris will forestall our nation's leadership from taking more harmful measures...