Word: protectiveness
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...were the targets of violent robbery and theft. The criminals were said to have been opportunists, not organized gangs. The inefficiency and hamfistedness of the government's response raises the question: how long will it be before this happens again? And what, if anything, will the government do to protect the immigrant workers who are a mainstay of the South African economy? Ryan Moore, Johannesburg...
...made the Senate his life’s work in 1982 when he decided not to make a second try for the presidency. And for all the millions the Republican Party has raised by promising to protect the nation from him, he has made the Senate work by finding allies in the other party, from Howard Baker to Bob Dole to Lauch Faircloth...
...public justifications continued. Trivers denied any intent to threaten or harm Dershowitz physically. In 2008, it was a professor from outside of PED who ultimately invited Trivers anew. Notwithstanding Dershowitz’ dramatic claim to have posted his karate-expert secretary at his office door to protect him, Trivers delivered a brilliant and well-attended speech, which took him nowhere near Dershowitz or his office. That Trivers was disinvited in the first place remains an unwashed disgrace to Harvard, unprecedented since the McCarthy era with regard to any issue other than Israel-Palestine...
...part of the arraignment, which is showcasing the Bush Administration's plan to try some 70 of the 270 detainees at Guantanamo by military commission. Sixty print and television reporters were flown to Cuba on a military plane to cover Thursday's arraignment. Strict rules are in effect to protect classified information divulged in the new, $12 million courtroom equipped with multiple television cameras, some of which feed video to outside observers, while others monitor the defendants for security reasons. No one in the court is armed, but burly uniformed guards sit close to each prisoner poised to stop...
...vote for Obama in November but may never warm to him. Inside the administration she may have the capacity to reassure key segments of the Democratic coalition on potentially divisive issues. Outside the administration, she will be like any politician: Her traditional base will look to her to protect their interests and she will respond accordingly. The future is hard to predict, but the very serious problems this country faces hold much potential for new and significant fissures in the body politic. A unified Democratic ticket is the best insurance for holding the country together...