That puzzling loss, plus the disappointing opening defeat in Zagreb, was explained in terms of a sub-conscious lowering of the collective guard, a loss of focus which, Wenger claims, will not be a feature against a team he classified as the best in the world.
It has become such a regular part of our daily regimens that we have let our collective guard down.
Squatters, be they inadvertent or not, have the potential to mar brands and personal reputations, and Twitter will have to keep their collective guards up if they want people and companies to keep up all that sharing.
While the deregulation of the 1980s was in part necessary and successful, the stock market crash in 1929, the savings and loan scandals in the 1980s, and our recent Great Recession all suggest that our problems lie with too much deregulation and not enough collective action to guard against the abuse of private initiative.
Goodness, who would have expected such sexism from an all-male collective of royal guards in a 522-year-old post?
These were laid down in group regulations (awig-awig) based on important values, norms and practices pertaining to subak: regulations for dividing the responsibilities of collective labor, for guarding purity in the irrigated fields, and for appropriating water.
"It took about a year before there was a collective letting down the guard," he said.
Unions, the labor bureaucracy, courts, towns, street offices, and other agencies were mobilized to guard against frequent collective protests by workers.
Upon learning that NBA owners had approved a proposed seven-year collective bargaining agreement this week, Clippers guard Chris Paul was glad another step had been taken in the process.
Four years later, Red Guards brought their collective madness to the city.
ORAN, Algeria — This fall, the United States and Niger will bring together in that West African nation police officers, customs inspectors and other authorities from a half-dozen countries in the region to hone their collective skills in securing lightly guarded borders against heavily armed traffickers and terrorists.
