Word: protectiveness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...danger that conservation groups will put out too many messages or that the anarchists who rioted in Seattle will discredit the whole movement. But for now, the greens are betting they can get more of us to think about what we buy and how our pocketbooks can help protect the planet...
...other members of Congress vote for the G.I., who represents the price our nation has paid to protect freedom in the world. Give these brave men and women the credit and recognition they deserve for shaping our world and making history, and name the American G.I. as the Person of the Century. ROBIN HAYES, U.S. REPRESENTATIVE 8th District, North Carolina Washington...
...millennium: you're always being dragged into the ring--by reporters, by opponents and by yourself. You're the Governor of Minnesota, and what you most want to do is, well, govern Minnesota. You've got plans: you want to raise hunting license fees and use the money to protect wildlife habitats. You want more state services available on the Internet. You want to abolish the two-house state legislature and replace it with a single house. And yet there are these distractions. You go to a Timberwolves game and shout at the ref like any NBA fan, and then...
...worse. "Intelligence professionals reviewing this case would have to consider whether Ressam may have been a decoy designed to draw attention away from someone else," says Dowell. "In Vietnam, the Viet Cong would often do all the preparations for an attack, knowing U.S. intelligence would pick it up and protect against it, but then not actually attack. If you have a big organization, you want to send out a lot of false signals to stretch your enemy's resources and keep him guessing about when you're really planning to strike...
...other business, many residents came to speak in support of an ordinance to make Harvard Square an official historic district. The ordinance would force new construction in the Square to adhere to strict guidelines, and would protect existing buildings from being significantly altered...