In them he declared what he called "a protective interest in the English language," which, he warned, was falling prey to windiness, witlessness, ungrammaticality, obfuscation and other depredations.
Members of subordinated groups may have strategic, self-protective interests in hiding knowledge about themselves from dominant groups (Bailey 2007).
When the party is involved in all aspects of business, Olympic or otherwise, one eye will always be on the market and the other firmly fixed on individual, self-protective interests.
There are few lobbies in Washington as powerful or protective of their interests.
America has always been protective of the interests of existing stakeholders, and sceptical towards root-and-branch reform.
In that arena, he continued, Mr. Bush has been seen as more protective of United States interests, a stance that could complicate the negotiation of a new airline treaty.
In a carefully worded letter to the prime minister, the business secretary, Vince Cable, and transport secretary, Philip Hammond, indicate that other European Union states are more protective of their interests.
"If you're a senior officer of an institution in the public or private sector a different set of rules apply: you've got fiduciary duties to manage in a way that's protective of stakeholders' interests," he says.
Jealously protective of the interests of public-sector workers, they oppose unbundling and privatisation, and support cross-subsidies.Already, Congress-led state governments have been among the worst offenders in using electricity to buy votes and popularity.
It's true that the Hawaiian music industry is close-knit, wary of interlopers and protective of its interests, and that to some involved Mr. Ho has never paid his dues.
But the consortium, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, or Swift, published a statement on its Web site on Friday, saying its executives "have done their utmost to get the right balance in fulfilling their obligations to the authorities in a manner protective of the interests of the company and its members".
