Word: maintain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Mostly, Egypt has been banking on the $3 billion in aid it expects from the U.S., West Germany, Japan and the World Bank. Cairo officials insist that their country can remain solvent enough to maintain the huge food subsidies that are essential to Egypt's internal stability. "There is no chance we will face food riots like those of January 1977," a government economist said confidently. But with 30% inflation, a population explosion (2.58% annual birthrate) and limited foreign exchange, Egypt could still suffer severe economic damage from an intensified or even prolonged boycott...
Dupre added that if Trudeau tries to maintain power, there may be "enough dissidents within the Liberal party who would want a leadership convention." Such a convention would force Trudeau either to resign or seek the leadership of the party again...
...computer market, there were only eight competitors in 1969, said Diebold. "Since that date, we have clocked something on the order of 300 new players in thegame- Japanese, French, American. During that time, has the Government changed its definition of the industry? Indeed they have. Today they no longer maintain there are eight competitors; today they say there are four. Yet the reality is that there is very wide-scale competition in that industry, ease of entry and rapidly declining costs to customers...
Alarmed, local residents formed the Old State House Association in 1975 and organized a fund drive with a goal of $850,000 for restoration, and $1 million for an endowment to maintain it. They raised $1,530,000. Although large corporate donations accounted for the bulk of the money, the group decided to press for wider community involvement. "Some of us were talking about how in the early days, the neighbors of the Old State House had a grounds committee that took care of the building," explains former University of Connecticut President Homer Babbidge Jr. "Since most of the neighbors...
...course, we have to hire the best tax lawyers and lobbyists. Government red tape imposes tremendous costs on us, costs which we have to pass on immediately to you to maintain our profit margin. Without our lawyers and lobbyists, we would be unable to make ends meet. We wouldn't be able to take advantage of reduced capital gains taxes and depreciation allowances. And without our lobbyists, we would be saddled with things like the wind-fall profits...