Syrian opposition groups have reported that Assad's forces have been moving troops and military equipment into civilian areas, hoping to shield their resources from a U.S. attack.
But at a time when U.S. spy agencies are facing their first budget cuts in more than a decade, the CIA's Counterterrorism Center — which swelled to about 3,000 employees after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks — has been shielded from reductions in resources or personnel.
Secrecy prevails, sometimes for lack of resources, shielding the graft.
The most favorable reasons of M&A are economies of scale, strategic benefits, and economies of scope, integration, tax shields, complementary resources, managerial effectiveness, and utilization of surplus funds.
Generally only those assets which are being shielded from creditors or as Medicaid resources are used to fund an irrevocable living trust.
Even though ART sites were based in existing public sector facilities and collaborated with other services, they were shielded from the rest of the system by ring-fenced resources and staffing, and managed by special implementation processes and committees.
To prosecutors, the charges are the latest example of the deadly challenge they face protecting witnesses at a time when the criminal justice system has few resources to shield them and the prevailing street code in many cities urges civilians to "stop snitching".
These terrorist groups prey on unstable communities and terrorize them, control their resources and shield themselves behind the locals.
Most people know that malaria is spread by mosquitoes but few have the resources to shield themselves from the threat.
The browser kernel, which interacts directly with the operating system, is therefore shielded from anything questionable lurking on the web.Meanwhile, the rendering engine resides in a "sandbox" that strictly controls what resources can be read or written to.
Stray light was shielded.
