Word: protectiveness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...numbers and letters on the card have been raised since the early 70s. They allow smaller libraries and University Health Services to take impressions of cards rather than copy down information. The reason the ink doesn't stay on your name for long is, according to Wamback, that "to protect the image and other graphics on the card, a very thin film of overlay is put on the card when it is generated. The chemical composition of this overlay is very different from the base card, and to date, the manufacturer has not come up with a topping that will...
These problems involve the management of public goods and everyone benefits from a successful resolution. Unfortunately, few are willing to bear the cost of resolving the problems. Countries will not undertake the necessary reforms to mitigate global warming, curb population growth, implement legal frameworks that protect human rights or invest in universal vaccination programs to halt the spread of disease because the individual country would bear the cost of the reform without exclusively benefiting from the outcome...
...basketball star at Kansas and I was starting out with the Boston Celtics. I could tell we had much in common. Obviously, we were both very tall, which gave us a shared perspective on the world. At a very young age we had each learned certain defense mechanisms to protect ourselves from people who might want us to be something we were not. With Wilt, there was always a lot of bravado on the outside, but he was basically a bright, pretty shy guy with whom I could share a conversation and a good laugh. We could always be ourselves...
...TREATY] U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child [GENERAL PURPOSE] To protect children from human-rights violations [OTHER HOLDOUTS] Somalia...
...TREATY] Convention on Biological Diversity [GENERAL PURPOSE] To protect threatened plant and animal species [OTHER HOLDOUTS] No developed nation...