Word: maintain
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Idol of these happy fans is Catcher Josh (for Joshua) Gibson, a hulking 215-pounder with features vaguely suggestive of a very dark Babe Ruth. Sportswriters like Shirley Povich of the Washington Post maintain that Josh Gibson would be worth his weight in gold to any white ball club. The immortal Walter Johnson once valued Gibson...
...from the man who built up Turkey from the ruins of a degenerate empire. That policy: no entanglement with foreign powers. The great Kamâl Atatürk laid it as a cornerstone of modern Turkey's international relations. Time modified it while he still lived: to maintain Turkey's tottering economy he had to arrange some foreign loans. War modified it still further after Kamâl Atatürk's death: caught between campaigns to the west, north and south of her, Turkey had to find a modus vivendi with the warring powers which...
...speculations about uniforms word has been posted that the first issues will be made today. All general V-12 and pre-med students are to receive seamen's whites and blues as outlined in their first orders. Members of the NROTC Unit, which is to maintain its distinctive identity throughout the program, will receive, in addition to the dress blues now held, two khaki summer working uniforms, dress whites, and midshipman undress whites. Shoulder boards for the khakis and whites are not authorized at present, nor is the wearing of brown-or white shoes with any uniforms. Certain items...
...will be increased by the scattered location of the three civilian strongholds and the fact that the new Freshmen are not familiar with the House setup while the majority of the upperclassmen have been transferred to new locations. Just the same, Little thought that they will be able to maintain the spirit of the liberal arts college for the duration...
...long view explains Anglo-Russian attempts to maintain cordial trade-union relations in spite of their failure to interest U.S. trade unionists. A new international federation of labor is in the cards for the postwar years. Sir Walter, like many another Briton and many a Russian official, hopes for a three-way arrangement at the base of such a federation. But he intends to insure at least a two-way understanding...