Word: maintain
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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PERHAPS THAT'S being a bit harsh. Perhaps these fines are a well-intentioned effort to maintain some control over student's personal lives after the in loco parentis advising structure of freshman year drops away. Perhaps, yes perhaps, it is a brilliant psychological ploy that fails only because it does not go far enough...
...have a limited budget, augment of time, technical expertise, and labor, there is often a worry that these constraints will not to do the musical production justice. Thirdly, musicals are "component" works: acting, singing, dancing, music, and set all act as independent elements of a coherent whole. To maintain this coherence, a project requires that the needs of each of these elements be extremely competent as well as flexible and be able to work well with others, and, of course, there must be a strong, organized, person heading the entire project. None of these components are necessarily difficult to achieve...
Although Kury's intentions are sometimes obscured, particularly in the relationship between the two women, her film does not ultimately suffer. The actors and actresses maintain a credible tone in presenting personal conflicts and small joys of daily life...
Johnson characterizes his policy as "open-door." "An open-door policy is a leadership style that I try to maintain. If there was not enough communication it was because they weren't listening," he says. Late last year, when criticisms about communications first surfaced. Johnson says he was surprised by the allegations. "I don't know where that first came from. I had no problems with my subordinates...
Spence uncannily seems to fit all the possible attributes Bok was looking for in filling the job. As an economist, he should be able to maintain the tight-fisted control Rosovsky kept on the budget deficits, which have largely subsided since swelling up to several million dollars in the early 1970s. And Spence's aptitude for computers should serve the Faculty in good stead, as it capitalized on the technology boom that is revolutionizing certain aspects of college education. In his capacity as chairman of the Economics Department. Spence has shown a grasp for the problems of graduate students...