But we are not on guard against deflation, whereby the intrinsic value of money goes up--the opposite of inflation.
U.S. and coalition forces were already on guard against an expected Taliban spring offensive even before bin Laden's death, Campbell added.
Crises tend to come from places you are not on guard against.
They were right about this, and a whole generation of free-market intellectuals has been on guard against the threat of inflation ever since.
Shanghai is also on guard against bird flu in the real world: Signs in apartment compounds warn residents to watch out for the high fevers, breathing difficulties and other symptoms of the virus.
China's central bank Gov. Zhou Xiaochuan said last month that he is on guard against inflation and that monetary policy is now "neutral, " after a slightly easy policy stance in the past year.
But she warned members of the public to be on their guard against the virus.
She was wary, trained to expect little of life, grateful for small pleasures, on her guard against promises, accustomed to making the best of things, in the habit of both wanting and not daring to want something more.
Governments spend vast sums on defence to guard against the remote chance that their countries may be invaded.
Chickens scratch around under huts that sit on stilts to guard against flooding when the river bursts its banks.
They allege the men, who were on board an Italian commercial vessel to guard against Somali pirates, opened fire on the fishing boat.
The men, who were on board an Italian commercial vessel to guard against pirates, are accused of opening fire on the fishing boat.
The first attack on Romney had been a jab, dropping Romney's guard against the haymaker: On Friday, the Obama team counter-charged that it was Romney who was lying in his ads or who had committed a felony, lying on 140 official forms that he signed as CEO and sole shareholder of Bain between 1999 and 2002.
Another one taxes businesses on the generators they keep to guard against power cuts.
Pink-and-green rubber flaps hang on the freshly painted cars to guard against scratches, one of hundreds of thousands of ideas factory workers continually submit to improve Toyota, and one that is now a common feature in car factories worldwide.
One reason is that the Obama administration is rethinking a planned missile-defence system, which would have placed ten interceptor rockets in Poland and a radar station in the Czech Republic, in order to guard against Iranian missile attacks on America and much of Europe.
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Financial reform will not guard against every instance of greed and irresponsibility on Wall Street.
And the vessel was also called on during her transit home, to guard a merchant ship against piracy in the Gulf of Aden.
The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act bars employers from taking action against National Guard and Reserve members based on their military service and allows them to reclaim their jobs after periods of active duty or training.
To guard against future floods, the government is trying to resettle refugees on higher ground.
On the contrary, co-operation grew, as countries sought common ground to guard against future crises.
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Families should be on the lookout, and work with experienced legal and financial professionals, to help guard against financial exploitation.
It has handed ammunition to local insurgents such as Vince Morgan, who is running for Congress against Rep. Charles Rangel and put Harlem's old guard on the defensive.
Shadow foreign secretary William Hague said "smart sanctions" might include a ban on arms sales to Iran, tough UN shipping inspections and "action against the interests of the Iranian revolutionary guard corps".
The venue for Exit is the great fortress at Petrovaradin, on the banks of the Danube, built by the Austrians 300 years ago to guard what were then their territories against the Ottoman Turks.
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But if there aren't rules in place to guard against the recklessness of a few, and they're allowed to exploit consumers and take on excessive risk, it starts a race to the bottom that results in all of us losing.
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