Word: maintain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union: "You're trying to put a kosher label on this Lindsay!" Though the Liberal Party supported retiring Democratic Mayor Robert Wagner, it has lost some ground recently, and its leaders know that by fusing with a triumphant Lindsay it could maintain its standing as the city's third political force...
...brief, Keynes considered purchasing power, or "aggregate demand," to be the most important force in any economy; the best way to maintain high demand, he said, is for the Government to borrow money and pump it into the economy to supplement private investments. Washington has been raising Keynes since New Deal days; in 25 years the budget has been balanced only six times. The anti-Keynesian arguments-notably that the system is bound to lead to Government control of the economy, that it can be inflationary, and that indefinite borrowing is impossible without a day of reckoning sooner or later...
...help them cope with feelings of isolation and loneliness-a radio message from Earth, for example, could activate a previously implanted suggestion of encouragement and companionship. But they also warn that unscrupulous operators might "confuse, exploit and deceive hypnotizable subjects." This experiment, they concluded, "emphasizes the compelling need to maintain responsible, stringent safeguards and control over the personnel having access to public broadcasting systems...
...many of his administrative decisions, usurped the rights of Congress. On the chairman's rostrum in his committee room he has placed a walnut plaque, inscribed in gilt lettering "U.S. Const.-Art. 1-Sec. 8. The Congress shall have Power . . . to raise and support Armies . . . provide and maintain a Navy . . . make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces...
...adopted the interview transcript technique with varying degrees of success in grace and content. But this method usually seems artifical and makes the man unreal, since it often discusses him in a vacuum. Somehow a teacher doesn't seem truly intelligent or particularly worth knowing until the author can maintain an objective tone and a critical stance. Of fifteen profiles, only three-Andrew Weil on Jerome Bruner, Michael O'Hare's defense of Jose Luis Sert, and Nancy Tobey on Len Gittleman--reach the third level...