Word: maintain
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard still refuses to divest from corporations doing business in South Africa. Instead of making the morally right move, it hides behind half arguments and makeshift programs, saying that the University needs to maintain a voice in that nation. Well, why don't they invest more in such corporations and gain a larger voice? Because even the administration knows that would be immoral. Divestment is difficult and will require time and energy, but such is the nature of moral choices...
Second, give people or communities around you something more than just token respect. In other words, don't abuse those who are less powerful. Harvard eats up the land around the Square driving up property values and displacing poor families. The University fails to maintain its rental properties, so it can drive out tenants and raise rents...
That bell-ringer, usually a roofer from International Service Systems, will maintain telephone contact with a ground crew. With the ground crew's instruction, he will ring for entrance and exit of the morning and afternoon Commencement processions, and at the memorial services held by members of the three major reunions...
...former White House deputy chief of staff turned high-priced lobbyist continues to maintain steadfastly that he has not abused his close relationship with Reagan. But at week's end, when Deaver tried to make his way into the Capitol to defend his actions before a closed-door session of a congressional subcommittee, he found himself at the center of a rising storm over influence peddling in Washington. Reporters mobbed him, cameramen jostled him, and flashing strobe lights so blinded him that he walked right past the committee-room door. "After five months of rumor, leaks and innuendo," Deaver bravely...
...Augean mess left by Marcos has proved even more paralyzing in the economic sphere. Although Aquino's very presence has helped to restore the confidence of the international business community, new investments have been slow to arrive. By one estimate, the government would have to maintain a formidable 6.3% annual growth rate just to repay on schedule a fortune in foreign loans. Meanwhile, roughly 45% of the work force is underemployed, and two of every three Filipinos live below the poverty line...