Word: protecting
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...ease the burden, Campeau Corp. may be forced to take refuge in bankruptcy. The move would buy the firm time to trim its debt to more tolerable levels. "I think the best bet would be to declare bankruptcy to protect the store franchises," says Monroe Greenstein, an industry analyst at Bear Stearns. The Federated and Allied chains could then operate under bankruptcy protection, which would entitle them to suspend interest payments and pay suppliers more promptly for their goods. But other Campeau watchers reject that strategy. Says Rothschild's Ross: "There is relatively little that can be done in bankruptcy...
...dating back nearly 2 million years, is complex. Such phrases as pig out, pigheaded and hog fat suggest distaste for an ungainly critter that spends most of its time wallowing in muck. (Pigs have few sweat glands and need mud -- or preferably, clean water -- to protect themselves from heat stroke.) But China's Year of the Pig represents prosperity, and pigs have been linked with deities in many cultures...
News of the environmental assaults has unleashed a global wave of concern about Antarctica's future. "It is now clear that the continent's isolation no longer protects it from the impact of man," declares Bruce Manheim, a biologist with the Environmental Defense Fund. How best to protect Antarctica has been a topic of fierce debate in meetings from Washington to Wellington, New Zealand. Everyone agrees that the issue is of great importance and urgency. Despite the damage done so far, Antarctica is still largely pristine, the only wild continent left on earth. There scientists can study unique ecosystems...
...remainder was harder to dispel. Chemical dispersants, sprayed in limited quantities early in the week to break down the crude and make it sink, were effective for only a few days, until the oil emulsified, or mixed and bonded with seawater. Closer to shore, crews floated booms to protect oyster beds against the oil patch, which at one point came to within twelve miles...
...circle. After breaking with the dictator two years ago, Blandon told a Miami grand jury that in Havana in 1984 he watched Fidel Castro mediate a dispute between Noriega and members of the Medellin cartel after Panamanian troops closed down a drug laboratory that Noriega had been paid to protect...