1.   The purpose of the two-thirds vote requirement for local bonds is to protect property owners from renter tyranny.

2.   But the RIAA and the MPAA say they have gone to court to protect copyright owners from theft and that unchecked piracy is the biggest threat to innovation.

3.   But the court also left room for regulations that protect store owners from conduct that could drive away customers.

4.   Congress is poised to pass a complex new law to protect the owners of music, art and prose from the evils of mass duplication on the Internet.

5.   Gus, a Rottweiler from Riverside, protected his owner from a gang of four attackers.

6.   He said the intention was to protect the owner of the spa, who apparently had been acting as an FBI informant.

7.   Historically, they were intended to protect the owners of businesses in manufacturing, sales and other traditional endeavors from unfair competition.

8.   In both cases, the exemptions were an attempt to protect owners of small businesses, who had complained that the restrictions would put them out of business.

9.   Insurance protects horse owners, to some extent.

10.   Late last year, the House of Representatives passed its own bill, supposedly aimed at protecting property owners from economic loss due to government actions.