Snorting at a colonial governor's promise that "the fair Prospect of the security of your country [was now] being settled upon the most sure and lasting foundation," Adams nailed the hapless blowhard for double tautology ("the security, being secured upon secure foundations"), a classic instance of words being used "mearly for sound".
But the bits about Gregory's kids being "secured every school day by armed guards," and about Sidwell's security department and members of it being armed?
Development depends on presidential patronage being secured by tribal champions.
But now borders are back and being secured.
The moya was not partitioned, privacy being secured by low portable screens.
After being secured in the plastic sleeve, the iPad attaches to the pedestal by strong magnets.
Mr. O'Keefe said relevant flight data in NASA's computers was already being secured.
The government said energy supply was being secured at a "low cost" to bill-payers.
Roads are being secured, clinics and schools opened, courts and local councils set up.
An agreement is apparently close to being secured with Warner, but a Sony deal still hangs in the balance.
A Pentagon spokesman, Bryan G. Whitman, said tonight, "All known Iraqi munitions sites are being secured by coalition forces".
