Word: maintain
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...maintain peace and security, pending the re-establishment of law & order and the inauguration of a system of general security, the U.S., Britain, the U.S.S.R. and China will consult with one another and with other members of the United Nations...
Leader in Confusion. Adolf Hitler has had little to say for himself of late, nor has that little carried much punch.* Last week he issued a pallid message calling upon German youth to maintain an "unshakable belief in victory." In his last public speech, to party leaders early last month, he urged his people to rise above the shifting tide of battle, to cling to "the faith that tells us that this war will end in a mighty German victory if only our will remains unwavering." For the man who once delivered victories by the carload, to talk of "belief...
Many U.S. airmen who regard any Pan Am postwar project as a plot to maintain, as far as possible, its prewar monopoly, pondered Juan Trippe's phrase about "all American transportation interests." The U.S. air is already thunderous with rumors that Pan Am has been trying to freeze out other airlines by making a separate postwar peace with the railroads-which are now barred by law from flying. But Trippe's second point seemed to undercut suspicions about his first, for he had now said that the chosen instrument should be much bigger than...
...system, in looking for positive ways for the Government to help stabilize the business cycle. He concluded with a tax question containing its own answer: "Why not leave at home, for expenditure by the individual, income that otherwise would have to be pumped out again in order to maintain high employment...
...record for a strong merchant marine after the war. But the Maritime Commission's team of Admirals Emory S. Land & Howard L. Vickery have made it clear that this goal is no threat to any other maritime power. The most that U.S. shipowners hope for is to maintain a fleet large enough to carry at least 50% of U.S. water-borne commerce. That, for a nation which by the end of 1944 will have built 50 million tons of ships in seven years, seems like a reasonable objective to "Jerry" Land...