Word: maintain
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...held by small property owners. The state argued that this concentration of land in a few hands has sharply inflated housing costs for Hawaii's homeowners. Says Congressman Cecil Heftel, a Honolulu Democrat: "The ruling protects a lot of people who otherwise would have been unable to maintain their homes...
...begun what could turn into a bidding war with schools like Harvard by offering large salaries and research benefits to "star" professors. He says a principal reason for the Campaign is to insure that Harvard will be able to compete financially in such a market and be able to maintain the University's prestige to attract top-flight faculty...
...also cites the fact that a professor must offer his ideas to the larger academic community. He said that, in addition to advising Mondale, he has also talked to people in the Reagan Administration on substantive issues. "One has to maintain a certain openness with one's ideas," he says, adding. "The Reagan people are aware that I am doing work for Mondale. But I offer my ideas openly...
Verba is philosophical about the legacy he leaves to undergraduate education. As a social scientist, he says he understands that the solutions are not going to be immediate or perfect. "Any reform decays and is oversold at the beginning," he says. "You need, as Mao said, constant vigilance to maintain the revolution. Like any institutions there are flurries of interest. This [interest in reforming undergraduate education] is one that's institutionalized in [this] office and will continue to be something that my successor will have to deal with...
...husband live in a comfortable Tudor-style house in the genteel Forest Hills Gardens section of Queens. They also maintain a beach house on Fire Island and a winter retreat in St. Croix. A full-time housekeeper-cook relieves Ferraro of the more onerous domestic chores, but she clings ritualistically to her weekly grocery shopping. The couple's three children, ages 22, 20 and 17, attended expensive prep schools (Choate, Spence) and private colleges (Brown, Middlebury). Ferraro, who flies home from her small Washington apartment every chance she gets, is very close to her husband of 24 years. Tall...