Word: protector
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...from his surly robot pal (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and a school chum (Claire Danes) to escape the machinations of blond killer cyborg T-X (Kristanna Loken). The Messiah metaphors that helped make the first Terminator a superior entertainment are now just the givens: boy and girl in peril, with one protector and one implacable pursuer. At its metallic heart, T3 is another chase movie--one figure relentlessly tracking three others, mostly in cars, at high speed through implausibly underpopulated Los Angeles streets...
...discrimination on the basis of age, disability and other criteria. To Rehnquist's critics, the large number of overturned laws made it appear that he was practicing the same judicial activism for which conservatives attacked the Warren court. "This is not so much the court setting itself as the protector of the states," says David Garrow, a law professor at Emory University. "It's the court setting itself up as the regulator of Congress's legislative power." To which Rehnquist would say, "Exactly." That is precisely the job of the court if you think the power of the Federal Government...
...Giscard was having none of that, either. His plans would reduce the Commission's importance by putting what many hope will be the E.U.'s most significant activity - foreign and security policy - firmly in the ambit of the European Council. Many fear that the Commission, which considers itself the protector of E.U. treaties, would be transformed into a mere administrator of social and economic matters. And under a revamped voting formula in the Council of Ministers, where national representatives meet to agree on common E.U. policies, larger states could easily ram through or block legislation. Giscard even wanted...
...Civil liberties consist of principles and circumstances. We are at war,” he said. “In wartime, the government is our protector more than it is our enemy...
...scrolls illustrate and record Buddhist “sutras,” or sacred texts. Ceremonial objects such as Chinese censers and Tibetan bell handles bring to mind images of traditional Buddhist ceremonies. Wooden and brass statues, as well as several scroll paintings, depict frightening monsters who serve as protector deities that ward off demons...