It was this fear rather than a love of Hussein or even appreciation for his materialistic largesse that girded the apparatus together.

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The government's debt is offset by financial assets and girded by domestic household savings in the banks which buy Japanese Government Bonds (JGB's)--of which 95% are held by domestic investors.

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For he would see the graces of them all, and would be pleased in heart gazing at the well-girded women and the men with their swift ships and great renown.

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What can be a more fundamental boardroom responsibility than to insist on a coherent strategic plan girded by realistic growth projections and, crucially, guided by a sense of what the company actually sells?

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In the Biblical story of David and Goliath, David initially put on a coat of mail and a brass helmet and girded himself with a sword: he prepared to wage a conventional battle of swords against Goliath.

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