Word: safeguards
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...patient in my own close call showed, knowing the color and shape of the pills you take regularly is an important safeguard against taking the wrong one. Many new drugs have their own websites, complete with pictures. Another excellent source of visual information is the Physician's Desk Reference, which is available in many libraries. There's lots more information on the Web at www.pdr.net...
There is keycard access to safeguard, research experiments to protect, and heating systems to keep functional. Not to mention the thousands of academic, professional and health records the University has stored away on its students, employees and faculty members...
...While Clinton promised American voters that he'd end "politics as usual," he quietly went off to Wall Street and assured the corporate pooh-bahs that he'd protect and expand business-as-usual. He promised to safeguard and open up markets for corporate America, run a fiscally tight ship and prepare the nation's workforce and corporations to win the globalization game...
...Scratch it. According to a group called the World Water Commission for the 21st Century, more than half the world?s major rivers, including the Colorado, are drying up or oozing with pollution. The commission, supported by the United Nations and the World Bank, is looking for ways to safeguard water supplies for the next century - and it looks like they?ve got their work cut out for them. Although the full findings are under wraps until March, a grim summary of the study, released Monday in Washington, D.C., gives conservationists plenty to worry about...
...more and more people flock to the backcountry, habitat for native plants and wildlife is inevitably compromised. To safeguard natural habitat, it becomes necessary for government agencies to exercise intervention and control. Inevitably, and justifiably, strict limits are placed on backcountry use. Camping, hiking, boating, hunting, fishing and climbing are restricted. Campfires are forbidden. Dogs must be leashed or are simply banished altogether. In the mountains above the Colorado city where I make my home, dog owners are now required by law to collect their pets' excrement and carry it out. In a growing number of places, as previously mentioned...