Word: protectiveness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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According to Pasquarello, common sense can help protect the public from being vulnerable to assaults...
...Duehay said, many historic buildings that remain in the area could be in jeopardy without an ordinance to protect them...
Even without news leaks, wild conspiracy theories flourished in Cairo. Many Egyptians are certain Washington is engaged in a vast cover-up to protect itself and libel their nation. More likely, they say, an American missile mistakenly blew up the plane or maybe there were lethal laser emissions--and the pilot was roller-coastering to dodge them. Or an insane hijacker masterminded the crash to damage Egypt's reputation. Or it was a Mossad plot to kill the 33 military officers aboard...
...course, Schering-Plough would pay almost any amount of money to protect its exclusive right to sell Claritin, a drug that brings it more than $5 million in revenue a day. Claritin sales totaled $1.9 billion last year, and will balloon to $4 billion by 2002, according to a market analyst. To keep the money coming in, the company doubled its lobbying outlay starting in 1996 to more than $4 million in 1998. Among its other paid advocates: former Senator Dennis DeConcini; former Watergate assistant special prosecutor Richard Ben-Veniste; and Thomas Parry, former chief of staff for Senator Orrin...
Tightrope walkers, this story's not for you; keyboard bashers, listen up. A federal proposal announced Monday would protect millions of American workers at risk of on-the-job injury - but it's not the construction workers or miners who have been at the center of previous legislation. The types of activities addressed include operating a computer keypad, washing windows and turning screws on an assembly line, all of which can cause such complaints as carpal tunnel syndrome and tendinitis, brought about by years of repeating a motion. Labor Secretary Alexis Herman said such injuries represent "the most prevalent, most...