Word: maintain
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With the increase in pointedly sexual references, the play attempts to treat its issues with a greater degree of seriousness. Eddie's inability to maintain his religious faith is countered by Becky's decision to join the convent, a move that climaxes the sexual tensior that has been building all along. Ultimately, however, the play chooses not to become an issues-oriented forum, but as the upbeat "Best of Friends" duct suggests, a comic arena largely unconscious of conflict...
Moreover, U.S. foreign policy. Chomsky charged in his 90 minute speech, aims to maintain Third World weakness so America can dominate and exploit...
Schuller's critics complain about both his method and his message. Conservative theologians maintain that he is mass-marketing an ersatz, individual-centered gospel that glosses over the troublesome doctrine of sin. Mainstream clergy are disturbed by Schuller's zealous push for conversion and his carnival-barker style. "His success-oriented message," says Congregationalist Browne Barr, former dean of the San Francisco Presbyterian Seminary, "is a happy optimism; it sells nicely, but it is just very shallow...
...future withdrawal plans. We are already preparing ourselves to defend the northern part of Israel from Israeli territory. We shall maintain a mobile defense. No serious Israeli ever suggested that we should remain in Lebanon forever. Also, our presence in Lebanon has not made it a more balanced country. It is becoming more and more Shi'ite, and the Shi'ites are becoming more and more militant...
...Washington official that the U.S. had instituted a "drastic scaling down" of military cooperation with New Zealand. On the list of cuts: joint military exercises, some intelligence sharing and U.S. training of New Zealand military officers. According to Lange, the cuts threatened the capacity of his country to maintain its military surveillance in the South Pacific, which in turn might affect the ANZUS defense pact...