Word: maintain
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...that's the way it was written into the Council bylaws: "The Executive Secretary shall be an employee of the University, but his salary shall be drawn upon the treasury of the Council" (Article XIII, Section 131.35). So, even though they've hired a student, the Council has to maintain the official wage level...
...lower than in non-unionized ones. This spares firms the cost of constantly hiring and retraining new workers to replace the disgruntled ones who have left. Therefore, unions are actually productive. In addition, because unions raise wages, management must find other ways of cutting costs in order to maintain their profits, and this effort usually results in more efficient production...
...with the investment banking firm Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb, predicts that an end to quotas would slash auto profits by more than 50% in 1985. Ford and American Motors would suffer the worst setbacks because they have made no deals to distribute Japanese cars. Chrysler might be able to maintain its market share by selling more models from its Japanese partner, Mitsubishi. The only company to favor a removal of import curbs is General Motors, which plans to sell Suzuki and Isuzu cars through its Chevrolet dealers...
...Beaux-Arts-style bookstore on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue. Said Chairman Charles Scribner Jr., 62, the great-grandson of the company founder: "The family has run the bookstore almost as long as the book publishing company, and I would be brokenhearted if we were not able to maintain it. We will strive to continue...
...half that of onshore destruction. Opponents, however, brand all incinerator craft "leper ships." They point out that six European nations that have burned wastes on North Sea ships for more than a decade are talking about ending the practice. Concerned scientists contend that it may not be possible to maintain the required 2,400° F heat under seagoing conditions. This could allow the escape of dangerous emissions like dioxins. Those poisons would infect fish, opponents say, and eventually human beings through the food chain...