Word: keeping
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with its influence over the Contras, the Bush Administration could force Nicaragua to keep its promise of democratic reforms--starting with the February 25 elections...
Large group discussions and a lecture series examine a particular theme each day, while small discussion groups meet every day for two hours to prepare for the next day's topic. Every participant is required to keep a journal and write on each day's theme...
Also worrisome to Gorbachev may be the workers' determination to become a force in upcoming union and local elections. Gorbachev says he wants to keep them inside officially sponsored organizations, urging their leaders to "think over what happened and what to do to make sure unions carry out their role." In spite of his efforts, though, he could find himself nursing the birth of an independent union movement like Solidarity, which has remade Poland's government and politics...
White prejudice and discrimination keep the Negro low in standards of living, health, education, manners and morals. This, in its turn, gives support to white prejudice...
...fishing for trout is an undemocratic sport. It takes intelligence and skill to learn, a healthy income to afford and plenty of free time to practice. Though bait fishermen scoff that snobs use flies as an excuse to keep worm and minnow goo off their hands, fly-fishermen approach the sport with an almost mystical reverence. Perhaps that's because learning to catch trout is a complex process bordering on religion. Yet it is one of the fastest-growing sports in the U.S., now embraced by nearly 500,000 fisherpeople...