Word: maintain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...also made another, perhaps more portentous choice: to expose the human frailty that is the underlay of heroism and the foolishness that may be attendant upon genius. She tells of her endless "female tantrums," provoked by Pasternak's determination not to leave his wife and children but to maintain two households instead. To these outbursts the writer often responded, "this is something out of a bad novel." "I suppose I longed for recognition and wanted people to envy me," Ivinskaya explains in a characteristically unsparing passage...
Following two quick possession switches, Harvard spread out its offense with two minutes left in an attempt to gain one last shot. Stenhouse was called on a dubious five-second violation at 0:47, but Gary Ackerman saved his tap on the ensuing jumpball to maintain Harvard possession...
...settlement calls for the creation of a 100-member National Assembly, with 28 seats reserved for white-elected candidates, giving whites virtual veto power over future legislation. In addition, the settlement guarantees compensation for any expropriated property and protects the right to maintain foreign citizenship. Finally, the agreement stipulates that the armed forces would remain under the control of the white-dominated National Assembly...
...look at Christology (the theological interpretation of Christ). Influenced by liberal Protestants, these theologians are saying things about Christ's nature that only years ago would never have been uttered publicly by priests in good standing. Though these theologians still profess belief that Christ is divine, conservative opponents maintain that in the New Christology, Christ is not as divine as he used...
Spinks got through the 10th round and four more, giving as good as he got, enough to maintain the early points he had built up against Ali. Then came the 15th. Ali bravely swung for the knockout that alone could have saved his championship. His rallies were reminiscent of the magnificent final rounds he had fought in the past?against Joe Frazier and Ken Norton?but there was no power in his punches. He slowed, seemed to move as if underwater, locked in leaden embrace with an equally exhausted Spinks. Finally, unable to fight any longer, Muhammad Ali absorbed...