In a statement, the Countryside Agency said it took protecting the wall very seriously and there were "robust" systems in place to monitor and manage the trail.

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He said that the 12-foot wall protecting their high-voltage wires was two feet short of the floodwaters.

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"The first several layers of the skin are like a castle wall protecting the athlete from outside marauders, " Adams says.

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From listening to our constitutional scholars, we learned that debates about impeachment are like the wall protecting the fort of the Constitution's separation of powers.

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Based on those discussions, and driven by the urgency of protecting health care reform, Wall Street reform, and Social Security and Medicare, I have decided to run.

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Yes, Boehner has spent far too many years cozying up to Wall Street and protecting the interests of big business at the expense of the middle class.

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But when I think of investors in need of protection, I think of little guys who need protecting from the likes of Wall Street giants such as Goldman Sachs.

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They tried to -- they spent millions of dollars trying to prevent us from reforming our health care system, millions of dollars trying to prevent us from ending taxpayer-funded bailouts on Wall Street, millions of dollars trying to prevent us from protecting consumers.

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Politicians, determined not to be seen as doing favours for Wall Street, might blunt the programme's effect in the name of protecting the taxpayer.

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