Word: maintain
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fantasy. Being in the same apartment line, they are of course identical, a detail which makes possible a fruitful theatrical device: the two characters play out their separate alonenesses simultaneously on the same set. Most of the dramatic tension, then, resides in the blocking, since both actors must studiously maintain the illusion of solitude while barely avoiding coliisions. The setup also gives the directors a concrete metaphor for the songs' philosophizing: when the characters notice each other at all, when they touch, the show crosses from reality into fantasy...
...administration does not savor. Disagreement has centered, then, not on policy but on politics; the Chairman's propensity to harp publicly on the importance of decreasing the deficit has caused disaffection in Washington among officials who him that the Economics department professor is "playing to Harvard" and seeking to maintain "academic largely" in the midst of the President's economic programs. But what this recent rift reveals is perhaps something more interesting officials within the fold of the President's economic advisers are beginning to pick sides. According to reports in The New York Times, the President...
Kate is an enviable model of today's mature New York woman. True, her long affair with a married man is coming to an end, but she appears to have the money and job flexibility to travel freely and maintain a house in the country as well as an apartment in Manhattan. Her friends include diplomats, politicians, poets and distinguished professionals, with such names as Leander Dworkin and Ezra Paris...
...this is the real tragedy of the twentieth century, in miniature. On one side, people with real problems have been duped by ruthless dictators with silver tongues. To maintain themselves in power after the initial takeover, the North Korean Communists have stirred up a hatred of the South and of the United States. This legitimatizes their iron hold on the country and their repressive build-up of force. But on the other side, American "containment" has given the North the perfect excuse for repression--genuine fear. If "containment" can be limited to exactly that and the North Korean people...
...country," says Captain Jack Morse, acting director of Harvard Police, about the new computer system. The system has also been invaluable in helping the department with allocating resources. Morse says, For example, a recent realignment of night-patrol officers to give the Quad more coverage, but still maintain a concentration of officers at areas with a history of criminal activity, came about because of the computer...