Word: bulwarks
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...campaign] adopts some of the rhetoric that the other side is always using in the continuing debate. We feel that they have too much thunder with their use of choice over the last three decades. The change in rhetoric is an attempt to take that bulwark away...
...most of the Church worldwide, John Paul II is venerated not simply for his evangelism and his interventions in the political world, but as the latter-day equivalent of an Old Testament prophet, standing as a bulwark and beacon against those aspects of Western culture deemed both ungodly and death-oriented. For them, John Paul II is a contemporary Catholic philosopher without peer, capable, at times, of almost Christ-like behavior (such as the forgiveness of his would-be assassin) and driven by an evangelical passion recalling the great wanderings of the Apostle Paul...
...Chung defends some of the NIS abuses, saying that too much focus on them has made martyrs of men like Kim Nak Joong, who Chung says was indeed a spy and accepted money from North Koreans. Adds Lee Dong Bok, a former intelligence official: "The agency is our last bulwark against North Korean aggression. It must be viewed by North Korea as a foe to be reckoned with...
...Union head. The 17 smaller nations, including most of the countries due to join in the spring of 2004, thought this eliminated one of their prime sources of influence and prestige. These countries want to retain the rotating presidency and strengthen the European Commission to serve as a bulwark against the power of the big boys. But 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...
...industrialist enjoyed upsetting the apple cart more than Henry Ford. In 1914 he announced that he would pay $5 a day to his workers, double the going rate. With the extra cash, Ford reasoned, they could purchase his Model Ts. The workers were becoming a bulwark of the middle class...