Word: maintain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Foiled by the script, Reynolds gives an adequate performance, though even he cannot slurp, "I'm finding myself" and maintain a straight face Spacy Marilyn has little class and while Clayburgh's acting can be forceful, it pales beside her should-have-won-the-Oscar Unmarried performance. Candice Bergen is as gorgeous and haughty as Von Furstenberg at Studio 54, finally abandoning the revolting spriteliness of her Cie commercial persona...
...ordinance requires that for each "automatic amusement device" a business must provide 500 square feet of floorspace and maintain 18" between machines...
...these military activities were designed to maintain the U.S. readiness needed both to protect the nation and meet its far-flung obligations. But just how well the Pentagon would be able to carry out its awesome responsibilities is a matter of growing concern in Washington. Both in the Administration and in Congress, officials confront a question that will not go away: Could the U.S. successfully counter a major Soviet military thrust, no matter where it came? If the answer seems doubtful, then the next question inevitably is: What must be done to ensure the nation's security...
...reasons, the manpower squeeze is going to get even tighter. Because of generally declining birth rates since 1960, a decreasing number of Americans will be reaching the minimum military enlistment age of 18 in the 1980s. The Pentagon will have an ever more difficult time getting enough recruits to maintain the armed forces at their present strength of 2 million. In view of this prospect, there has been a revived questioning of the concept of the all-volunteer force, which was started...
...official. Well aware that Romero was out of touch with El Salvador's realities, U.S. policymakers have been hoping for some kind of "evolutionary change" that would avoid the horrendous bloodshed of Nicaragua's civil war. Whether El Salvador's new rulers will be able to maintain peace in their factionalized little country, however, is doubtful...