Word: maintain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Critics cite HIID work in countries such as Iran, Indonesia and Bolivia and condemn the institute as a supporter of repressive regimes, that enthusiastically helps Third World governments maintain the status quo. "It's a very difficult problem," Stephen Marglin, a professor of Economics who did a small amount of work with the DAS, says. "Research and consulting seem naturally weighted toward smoothing the wheels of the existing machine rather than putting together an altogether...
...shipments abroad (an anticipated 89 million metric tons in 1977) are expected to drop by 10% to 15% next year. Says Don Howe, president of the National Association of Wheat Growers: "Even if there was a total crop failure in America, we could still feed the entire country and maintain our commitments abroad for at least a year...
...including 408 policemen) were injured. At twilight, however, violence erupted. Bottles were tossed into the crowd of 50,000 celebrators; fights broke out. Wary of charges that the presence of 1,600 uniformed policemen at last summer's carnival provoked the street fighting, cops at first tried to maintain a low profile; before the outbreak, several officers even joined in the street dancing...
Newspapers have lately developed a huge appetite for so-called service features on every self-help subject, from "Indoor Gardening" to "Outdoor Life." "People want to read about how to maintain the car, keep their health, fix the plumbing," says Priscilla Felton, manager of the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. Book serialization is another growth industry. The New York Times Syndicate has paid six-figure sums for the rights to syndicate forthcoming blockbusters by H.R. Haldeman and Richard Nixon, and picked up Alex Haley's Roots for a song before the book's TV series caught on. Universal...
...many viruses that dogs harbor, one that causes distemper is a first cousin to that of the long-suspected human measles. Whether household pet dogs can ever be proved guilty of carrying an MS-related virus and what that virus may be are still open questions. Most veterinary authorities maintain that the evidence collected so far is not strong enough for pet owners to become alarmed. Even so, MS virology researchers intend to follow up the new scent...