Word: protectiveness
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...Kaufman, a librarian in the psychology department. “I think that prospect is real, and that’s something that should be alarming.” Robyn Ochs, technology and publications specialist in the romance languages department, said she hopes Harvard will employ its resources to protect current staff members—even if it requires reshuffling positions. “People choose to work at Harvard for many reasons. The greatest reason is definitely not money,” Ochs said. “One thing we do count on is job security...
...Browner led a campaign to have Congress reauthorize the Safe Drinking Water Act and spearheaded the Food Quality Protection Act, which modernized standards that govern pesticide use, one of the first environmental laws to specifically protect children's health...
...Furthermore, foreign occupiers wear out their welcome quickly in Afghanistan. Ask the Russians. Recall that the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979 seeking to protect a threatened client regime, but an armed resistance quickly rose up calling itself the mujahideen. One outsider who aided this resistance force was a wealthy Saudi named Osama bin Laden. Our CIA supported the mujahideen as well. Russian troop strength was eventually increased up to 108,000, and vigorous offensive actions were launched in the countryside, but control could never be established. The effort became a moral and political calamity. Over a decade 13,000 Soviet...
...last year, the Chinese economy expanded at 9% in the third quarter of 2008. The government hopes to maintain GDP growth of 8% or above next year. If growth falls below that level unemployment could reach destabilizing levels. In the official press, the phrase bao ba, or "protect eight," has now become a mantra. Last month the World Bank lowered its GDP growth estimate for China...
...down. Nobel laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Archbishop of York Dr. John Sentamu and Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga are among those who have gone even further, advocating international military intervention to overthrow Mugabe. They argue that the U.N. has a responsibility to take action under the Responsibility to Protect, an open-ended justification for humanitarian intervention that the U.N. adopted in 2005. That's because saving Zimbabwe from a humanitarian catastrophe will require hundreds of millions of dollars of foreign aid and investment, which will be withheld as long as the strongman holds on to power. (See pictures...