Still, doubts that this will offer much of a shield under real-life conditions lead to grousing.
Instinctively, he puts his long scarf up to his face as a shield against the dust.
The brain not just as a tool for the senses but as a shield against them.
Juan wedged the Humvee right into the line of fire, using the vehicle as a shield.
Some politicians use their office as a shield to allow them to pursue less honourable sidelines.
Normally, the Earth's magnetosphere acts as a shield from these harmful particles and protects the environment.
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It's a shield against headlines like the ones last week over the missing videotapes.
The finds include spears, knives, iron brooches, reaping hooks and the decorative bronze trim from a shield.
Overall, it is designed like an elaborate lozenge rather than a shield, a shape reserved for men.
As wonderful as the games are, skilled players can kick their way past a shield with ease.
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Straddling a shield wire, Ti crawls along a transmission line looking for everything from high grass to low trees.
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Shirkey says the tension between a shield law and what the network makes possible has been there for decades.
At the other extreme, in terms of ambition, lies the dream of a shield over the entire United States.
Even more important than rolling and dodging, a shield can mean the difference between life and sudden, merciless death.
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New York has a shield law that gives reporters in that state broad protections from having to identify confidential sources.
Indeed, Ms Rice has scolded Arab leaders for using the issue as a shield behind which to hide their own defects.
The real IRS scandal, they say, is the use by conservatives of 501(c) tax status as a shield for political advocacy.
The flag incorporates St George's cross on a green background, and a shield with the Robin Hood emblem in its centre.
Covering them with meters of lunar rock, which should provide enough of a shield to stop the greens from going radioactive.
The British Prime Minister wants a nine-vote majority in the 15-member Security Council as a shield against his Labour Party critics.
During his time in office, the United States has moved steadily toward the deployment of a shield against ballistic missile attack.
The Welsh government claims to stand up for Wales, she said, to act as a shield but shies away from real action.
Like many conglomerates, Votorantim sees diversity as a shield: cement apart, its main businesses are internationally traded commodities subject to cylical swings.
But if many workers across many different industries were to demand protection at once, the selfish appeal of such a shield would fade.
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This should add a neat level of character customization of play style, especially since it may create an incentive to go without a shield.
Whether or not she was being used as a shield or trying to use herself as a shield or simply caught in crossfire is unclear.
As airlines stave off bankruptcy by cutting amenities and services to their economy classes, there seems to be a shield around the almighty first class.
"It's like a shield that protects cancer cells, " Dr. Topalian said.
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