He can't shield us from the unions, but he has supported our creativity and commitment to our kids.

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He warned that if anniversaries are not marked and ceremonies not planned, there may be nothing to shield us from the brutality of future wars.

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We have it within our means to develop a multilayered missile defense system that could protect us from attack from rogue states, as well as shield us from missiles fired from ships off our shores.

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As of last week, Clyde Union Pumps (formerly Weir Pumps) has been added to the long list, and Dundee's diagnostics firm Axis-Shield is resisting a takeover bid from the US - at least at the current bid price.

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Our religion should not be a shield behind which we hide from the world but a driving force that inspires us to innovate and contribute to our surroundings.

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"It looks like an extremely cheap attempt by ExxonMobil to buy a shield from criticism, " said Peter Altman, national coordinator of Campaign ExxonMobil, a US shareholder group trying to influence the company's positions on the environment.

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