Word: protectionism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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International trade has helped establish and maintain international peace and alleviate the desperate poverty of the world's least developed nations. Rich countries use tariffs, quotas and subsidies to keep out goods from the developing world. The environmental and human-rights problems in various countries cannot be pinned on worldwide...
You might think stress would be a trigger--the former Senator has been putting in 10-hr. days on the campaign trail--but most doctors aren't convinced it's a factor. Peak physical condition, however, doesn't necessarily provide any protection either. Last September Indiana Pacer's coach Larry...
Although the meningitis vaccine is completely safe, it only immunizes recipients from four of the five strains of the disease. It offers no protection from the other strain, which causes about 30 percent of the cases on college campuses.
UHS deems protection against yellow fever necessary and, in fact, some countries require all travelers to show proof of immunization.
That protection extends to any intoxicated friends who seek help for a friend, Drummond said.