Word: maintain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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John J. Campbell, a Cambridge realtor and former member of the board, said the CRCB must be realistic in solving the problem and should recognize that landowners who don't make enough profit won't make necessary repairs or maintain the buildings they rent, harming the tenants...
...letters, literary sketches, etc.--culled from the archives of one very prominent American family. According to Fried, the Prescotts go way back--all the way to pious Samuel Prescott, who penned a Book of Confessions startlingly similar to John Winthrop's famous Journal. Samuel's descendants apparently managed to maintain a unique historical proximity to many of the most prominent figures in American politicla history, from William Penn to FDR. Even more surprisingly, they left behind an invaluable set of documents to tell the tale...
...Liberal Democrats received only 249 of the 256 seats needed for a majority, reischauer said he expects the 21 independents and 17 Liberal Club members elected to cooperate with the larger party. He added that with the additional support, the Liberal Democrats have the 271 seats they need to maintain comfortable control of house committees...
...POLITICS, as anywhere else, money talks. Although many politicians maintain that money alone cannot elect a man who wouldn't attract a substantial following without it, it sure helps. A politician with money can pay for more advertising, better ad agencies, more frequent polling, and more telephones, cars and, in general, shell out more "walking around money" to build his field organization. And if he doesn't have the brains to take advantage of all the advantages money can buy, he can hire himself a top-notch political consultant who does to run his campaign. Although big spenders...
...been other reasons. Recently a State Department official revealed that senior members of the Nixon administration did little to curb the lobbying activity for fear of losing the Korean commitment of 52,000 troops during the Vietnam War. President Nixon sent a personal letter requesting that the South Koreans maintain their military aid to the Vietnam effort, with full knowledge of the South Korea activities and Seoul's fear of investigation...