Word: shielding
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Person of the Week ON THE RANGE At a hoedown on the Bush ranch, Russia's top dog Vladimir Putin two-stepped around his worry over a U.S. missile shield to negotiate a reduction of the two countries' nuclear arsenals. Putin, trusting but wanting verification, desired a new treaty; Bush thought a handshake would...
...significantly lowered by the order—could be denied the right to see the evidence that would be presented against them. The military tribunal would be able to convene any time and in any place, including in secret locations inside or outside the United States—a shield from public oversight that seems to be a recipe for abuse...
...looked off to the side while Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher was introducing her and bit her lip when he stepped in to field tough questions. "Out of the box" is the explanation throughout the building for how the new undersecretary approaches her job, as her staff seeks to shield her from a "media buzzsaw" that might take as metaphor her dropping a syllable from Islamabad and her comment that a 30% conversion rate for Muslims is a "sales curve any corporation would envy." They insist that Beers is a quick study who should not be judged yet. Impressions of America...
...therein lies one of the movie’s numerous flaws. Though the Farrelly brothers and main actors have all gone on record to shield the movie against charges of insensitivity, nothing can be said in defense of the illogic and double standards that plague it throughout. In theory, Shallow Hal is the story of a man jolted out of his mindless acceptance of cultural messages about weight and image. Yet Hal’s interest in the obese Rosemary stems directly from the fact that, in his eyes, she looks like Paltrow. As a result, the movie is guilty...
...prominent in Massachusetts history—John Winthrop (1588-1649), the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and his descendant John Winthrop (A.B. 1732), the Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Experimental Philosophy as well as acting President of Harvard from 1773 to 1774. The house adopted as its shield the crest of the Winthrop family, a lion on a shield with three chevrons in the background...