Word: maintain
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...imposed. As for the Sales Tax, he was opposed to that but he would levy it "or any other kind" to balance the Budget. His face grew red and his voice sharp as he told his colleagues that it was their ''paramount duty" to supply revenue to maintain the Government's financial integrity. If the Budget was not balanced, he warned, foreigners would withdraw their deposits from the U. S., the dollar would be driven off the gold standard, every bank in the land would be closed in 60 days and ''a financial panic that has never been equaled...
...Majesty's Government will not be swayed by threats of force or sudden alarms," the House of Commons was promptly assured by Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary of State for India. "It is the duty of this country to maintain law and order...
There are in the U. S. more than 100 Negro weeklies, semi-weeklies & thrice-weeklies, but of many efforts to establish and maintain a Negro daily none has succeeded. Discerning Negro editors recognize several reasons, 1) In large cities big department stores do not want Negro trade, would not advertise in a Negro daily. 2) White dailies widely cover the Negro field. 3) Most neighborhood stores are slow to advertise anywhere, would choose a Negro paper last. In the face of such obstacles the Atlanta World last fortnight stepped up its publication from thrice-weekly to daily, proudly declared itself...
...sales to distributors whose prices are unfair to other distributors; no sales to small dealers (properly the wholesaler's field); an attempt to sell pencils only to people who violate no other person's field in reselling them. While price-fixing is illegal, such attempts to maintain a fair price are not, and what will come of a united pencil front may prove to be a good example for other manufacturers...
Even though conversion has ceased to be a crime, Judaism takes pains to point out to a would-be convert that it prefers to maintain the racial purity of its faith, that its outlook is difficult for a goy to adopt. One finds religious satisfaction best in one's own group. Unlike Christians, Jews do not seek to save the world. They are satisfied that the souls of righteous men will be taken care of, no matter what their faith.* If, however, a non-Jew is determined to embrace Judaism, and if no ulterior motive (such as intermarriage...