Amnesty laws in Argentina at the time shielded him from prosecution.

Recent events have shown that no one is shielded from those threats.

They must've been thinking What a smart prostitute, got herself shielded with documents.

Meanwhile, the Kaiser was systematically shielded from the truth and became estranged from reality.

Though children s identities should, of course, be shielded in sex crime allegations, women are not children.

The most secure computers are those not connected to the Internet and shielded from any interference.

I was shielded from the pains of bigotry and the social restrictions of a religiously based upbringing.

Shielded behind a protective China, Kim Jong il launched his rocket anyway, and the US refrained from action.

Some might assume that bond markets are shielded from the effects of climate change, ecosystem degradation, and water scarcity.

Because of their limited participation in international financial markets, these countries have, so far, been somewhat shielded from the storm.

The smugglers had tried to evade detection by building a shielded container a worrisome level of sophistication on their part.

The Crimean coast is shielded from the north winds by the mountains, and as a result usually has mild winters.

Countries in Europe and elsewhere have shielded their citizens from a part of this rise by piggybacking on US technological advances.

Shielded by China and Russia from foreign intervention, Assad now has license to pursue his goals with no mercy for his opponents.

By contrast, Thailand s government and local elite seem content to remain a provincial country shielded from global competition in science and technology.

Japanese authorities will also need to launch bold liberalizing reforms to unshackle the many areas of the economy that are shielded from competition.

It funded the investment imperatives of economic development and boosted the cushion of foreign exchange reserves that has shielded China from external shocks.

Moreover, the agreements lack transparency, as they were considered commercially confidential and were thus shielded from public scrutiny until they were passed into law.

The magnitude of this blast is unpredictable sometimes it destroys only the shielded target and gunner, sometimes the explosion is more powerful than atomics.

Databases In a centralized database system, the only available resource that needs to be shielded from the user is the data (that is, the storage system).

Austrian and Hungarian Jews were among the most fiercely loyal subjects of the Austro Hungarian Emperor, because he shielded them from the violent nationalism of the majority populations.

Countries in Europe and elsewhere have shielded their citizens from a part of this rise by piggybacking on US technological advances. Ultimately, though, they face the same upward cost pressures.

However, we fail to see how a smaller human rights council elected by the General Assembly would be shielded from the risks of politicization and the ensuing loss of credibility.

They know that practically all of the ruling elite s children attend expensive schools in the United States and the United Kingdom, where they would be shielded from the mindless drivel at home.

We must also think ahead especially in regard to low income countries in Africa. Because of their limited participation in international financial markets, these countries have, so far, been somewhat shielded from the storm.

A boring bank, shielded from competition and knowing that it owns its customers, would want to go the extra mile to help them, because it would get its pound of flesh from their future business.

In a small village in the Minya governorate, 245 kilometers (150 miles) south of Cairo, a group of young mothers explain how even in a very conservative community they resisted and shielded their daughters from societal pressures driving the tradition.

Nor was North Korea impressed by Obama s warnings that America might shoot down its rocket if they went ahead with their launch in defiance of the United Nations. Shielded behind a protective China, Kim Jong il launched his rocket anyway, and the US refrained from action.