Word: protector
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Most of us, consular virgins imagine that, no matter how our people are mistreated and ignored at home, our country is our protector and Paladin abroad. In Washington, cold-hearted lobbyists trade handshakes with spurious politicians and inhuman CIA agents in Gucci sunglasses listen coldly to our wire-tapped weekend plans. But abroad, by god, our government is there for us! It will fight for our life and liberty, smile a familiar smile in a foreign crowd, and be there with a hug and a cup of tea when it all goes wrong...
...West traditionally reveres free speech, with both sublime and ridiculous results. As The Kite Runner's producers hinted, it's crucial for art. It's also the backbone of ideals like democracy and human rights, as well as the protector of rather more tawdry material like reality TV and Internet porn. We reward those who reveal their private lives. When Oprah Winfrey spoke of her childhood sexual abuse, she became a goddess in a society convinced that it's good to talk. While thousands of courageous Muslims regularly speak out on taboo subjects, the reception is often not so warm...
...Dumbledore is arguably the central figure of the entire saga—the only wizard whom Voldemort fears, the man who pulls all the strings, from page one to page zillion, to make sure that Harry can achieve his prophesied potential. Reading the book, Dumbledore becomes our grandfather, our protector, a God figure. To say we love him does not even come close...
...document the Vatican will release Thursday, misplaced in its archives until 2001, is reportedly the official transcript of that trial and Clement's 1308 verdict, which found the Templars to be immoral but not heretical. The Pope allegedly intended to reform them. But under continued pressure from his French protector, Clement instead disbanded them in 1312 and gave most of their riches to a rival military order...
...family was abused, the scapegoat was usually the eldest. When a younger child was abused, some or all of the other kids usually were as well. Mistreatment of any of the children usually breaks the bond the parents have with the firstborn, turning that child from parental ally to protector of the brood. At the same time, the eldest may pick up some of the younger kids' agreeableness skills-the better to deal with irrational parents-while the youngest learn some of the firstborn's self-sufficiency. Abusiveness is going to "totally disrupt the birth-order effects we would expect...