Word: maintain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...covert CIA operations can ?or should?be ruled out. "There is a mean, dirty, back-alley struggle going on in which many other governments are participating," says former Secretary of State Dean Rusk. "If we withdraw unilaterally, they aren't going to stop. We must maintain a first-rate covert capability...
...Crimson's next scoring binge came when Fine dropped a layup and then laced a picture-perfect alley-oop pass to Booker to maintain the 11-point...
Speakers participating in a discussion on the arms race at Harvard Hall yesterday afternoon agreed that all nations should strive to maintain peace, but the speakers disagreed over the political and economic conditions that must first exist in a country before it can abstain from resorting to violence...
...best interests of baseball" is obviously a catchall phrase that eludes precise definition, but Kuhn was in this case attempting to maintain a competitive balance in the National League. His desire to prevent the Big Red Machine from running away with the pennant is an understandable one, but Kuhn will be hardpressed to justify the $400,000 ceiling he has put on the sale of players...
...because they believe that the exemption that accompanied their prize money was part of a solemn contract that is now being retroactively broken. As of this year these old-timers will be required to play in at least 15 tournaments and earn at least $10,000 per season to maintain their exemptions. For a septagenarian such as Sarazen, it is well-nigh impossible to meet such "performance guidelines...