1.   A lot of thought went into the security design of these systems, and relatively sophisticated encryption techniques were used to guard against attacks.

2.   Fleischer ran afoul of regulators, however, because of the hedges Franklin was using to guard against the negative consequences of interest-rate swings.

3.   Gore said he supported the death penalty but urged that modern investigative techniques such as DNA testing be used to guard against execution of wrongly convicted inmates.

4.   Such requirements are used to guard against a run on banks by depositors.

5.   A former policeman blew himself up with a homemade bomb in front of a subway station he used to guard, officials said Wednesday.

6.   Once the training is over, he said, the battalion might be used to guard the presidential palace and government ministries in Kabul.

7.   Some people would be used to guard houses left empty over the holiday period, he said.

8.   The secret part of the report harshly criticizes the methods used to guard VIPs which failed the first time they were challenged.