Word: maintain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...handful of Germans, notably Philosopher Karl Jaspers, has declared that they knew what was happening. But the great majority of Germans still maintain their innocence of any knowledge about the Nazi crimes. Even when testimony to that effect comes from so distinguished a person as Chancellor Kiesinger, many non-Germans will find it difficult to accept...
...Europe, they seem to manage this somewhat more gracefully than Americans do. My friend Gloria Guinness, who is married to Loel of the banking (not brewing) Guinnesses, claims that it's easier to maintain four houses than one. Her four are in Paris, Normandy, Switzerland and Palm Beach, and she keeps a skeleton staff of servants and a complete wardrobe in each house so that she and Loel don't have to tote stuff around. "Without luggage," she says, "you don't have to waste time in customs and you don't have to declare anything." The Guinnesses are usually...
Rene Cartier, business manager; Raymond Cartier (no kin), a star reporter; and Arnold de Contades, 35, a Prouvost grandson-in-law who has had no previous experience in journalism. Then he drew up a list of several staffers to be dismissed. This action, he maintained, was dictated by economic necessity. And, indeed, profits had slipped somewhat before the strike. By failing to publish four issues during the strikes, Paris-Match had lost at least $1,000,000. Moreover, advertising orders had dropped, and the magazine was hard put to maintain its prestrike 1,280,000 circulation. By trimming the staff...
...skyhigh. Another is under-utilization of machines already in existence. Still another is medical disagreement as to how much skilled professional help is needed to operate the equipment safely. Some say that only a doctor can do it, some would leave much of it to a nurse, while others maintain that the patient can do it himself...
...legislation is to remove all guns from private possession. I would favor statutory provisions that require all guns to be turned in to public authorities. Citizens could be compensated for their loss at a standard rate based on the current value of the weapon. Hunting and sporting clubs could maintain depositories for guns. Members would be able to sign out for their weapons at stipulated times but be required to return them to the depositories...