Word: protectiveness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...committee's greatest concern...is that the University does not have formal governance structures to ensure consultation for major decisions by the Center, or by other Faculties, that will have an impact on all parts of the University," the report says. "No structures have been put in place to protect us from another MATEP...
That stark reality didn't protect him from overeager Argentine admirers while shooting Seven Years in Tibet on location in the Andes, which doubled for the Himalayas. By one account, Pitt's living quarters were ringed by young girls chanting, "Ole! Ole, ole, ole! Brad Peeeeet!" "Yeah, yeah, there was that stuff," he says, embarrassed. "Argentina is a place where not many movies come through, so I could have been New Kids on the Block for all they cared. And that stuff never did much for my ego. I mean, when we were kids, my sister had Andy Gibb...
...ruling surprised some in the industry. Although the Toys "R" Us tactics may sound like bullying, retailers do this sort of thing all the time in an effort to get exclusive merchandise or to protect themselves from price wars. Toys "R" Us was already under severe pressure from discounters such as Wal-Mart when the warehouse clubs, led by Costco, started to move in on toys. The Toys "R" Us share of the $30.2 billion industry has fallen from 25.4% in 1990 to 20.5%, while Wal-Mart's has grown from...
...protect its turf, Toys "R" Us threatened its suppliers: toys sold to the discount clubs would not be sold at its stores. Exhibit A: Barbie, a hot seller that Toys "R" Us did not want available elsewhere at next to nothing. Manufacturers don't like the clubs either, because they stock a limited number of items at very low margins. Toys "R" Us, on the other hand, might stock everything Mattel makes. Admits Costco CEO James Sinegal: "You could fill Madison Square Garden with the people who don't want to sell to us." Industry watchers...
...parade of humiliations. His accuser, a woman who previously had been convicted of harassing and threatening to kill an ex-boyfriend, was permitted to remain shielded in anonymity while the intimate details of Marv's personal life were plastered across the headlines. It is certainly a noble goal to protect the victims of sexual assault from mistreatment in the courtroom, but why should Marv's past conduct have been subject to the closest scrutiny, while Perhach's character history have remained off-limits? Perhach is not a minor, and she admits that the alleged assault occurred in the context...