Word: shielding
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...nuclear-armed Iran, just as Ahmadinejad has clashed with Putin on everything from payments for the nuclear plant to Iran's smallish cut of Caspian oil profits. But the U.S. has only emboldened both countries by trying to inoculate itself against the Iranian threat with a missile shield that it resolutely tries to place on Russia's doorstep. Rice was made to wait 45 minutes at an Oct. 12 meeting in Moscow, only to have Putin stride in and mock the missile shield. "We may decide someday to put missile-defense systems on the moon," he said, "but before...
During the President's rounds on the radiowaves last week, Uribe and Coronell faced off live in an hour-long battle. "The only thing you do is shield yourself in your rights as a journalist," Uribe told Coronell, "so that ... you can wound me with lies. Enough of this cynicism behind your quote-unquote 'journalistic ethics...
...Veritas” in Harvard’s shield was originally intended to invoke the absolutes of divine revelation, the unassailable verities of Puritan religion. We understand it quite differently now. Truth is an aspiration, not a possession. Yet in this we—and all universities defined by the spirit of debate and free inquiry—challenge and even threaten those who would embrace unquestioned certainties. We must commit ourselves to the uncomfortable position of doubt, to the humility of always believing there is more to know, more to teach, more to understand...
Busch-Reisinger Museum Light Display Machines: Two Works by László Moholy-Nagy Through Nov. 4, 2007 Beige curtains shield the two unusual pieces in question from the outside world. The first is a constantly rotating replica of “Light Prop for an Electric Stage” (the original lies dormant on the other side of the wall). This newly acquired light display machine looks a little like a kitchen on parade, its metallic clinks audibly expressing its kinetic appeal. A six-minute film, “Light Play: Black White Gray” (1930) plays...
...Those engaged in the pursuit of truth may, at points, deem it necessary to affirm propositions likely to offend or contradict popular opinion. They deserve our society’s protection to shield them from impulsive legal sanction, enacted by a bestirred populace. The United States is not Socrates’s Athens—we allow our philosophers to pursue truth with impunity, even if we do not always honor them. The roused passions of the mob should not infringe upon the liberty of the intellect...