If investors wait until a given event has arrived, it might well be too late to put a protective position in place.

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The "small fire" among protective blankets was put out within five minutes by a fire crew, it said.

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She put on protective goggles, taped her cards to a two-by-four and shredded them with a reciprocating saw.

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Finally, much like the risk equation information security professionals use when deciding what defensive measures to put in place, in essence figuring out if the benefit of a protective measure exceeds its cost (in money, resource time, etc.), attackers are at least subconsciously using a similar mechanism.

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Before he starts he must put on two sets of protective clothing, four pairs of gloves and a helmet with breathing apparatus, all of which is taped up so that not a particle of skin is exposed.

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