Word: maintain
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Treasury Secretary Nicholas F. Brady praised the bill, saying, "[We] applaud the Senate's efforts to maintain strong capital requirements...
...children's clothing store in Melrose, Mass. Says her husband Robert: "My credit cards have me as Sammataro Hut. When I try to sign a check, I run out of room." The family's insurance reimbursements are bogged down because records do not match. The couple have to maintain an extra listing in the phone book so their children's friends can find them under Hutchins. "Ten years ago, when I married, I felt very strongly that I should retain my name," says Debra, nee Sammataro. "But it's been a nuisance ever since...
Aoun claims a larger aim -- "a war of liberation" against Syria's occupation army. While some Lebanese laud his moves as patriotic, his tactics risk locking the Christians in a perilous confrontation. Syrian President Hafez Assad adamantly refuses to withdraw, insisting his troops are necessary to maintain at least a semblance of order. Making the situation more ominous, the Christians are getting substantial military support from Assad's archenemy, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, who seeks to avenge Assad's support of Iran in the gulf...
However, Zhorab Lomidze, deputy director of the official Georgian news agency Gruzinform, said by telephone from Tbilisi that the officials were replaced "because they did not maintain order in the city...
Some U.S. representatives, including Sen. Jesse Helms, (R-N.C.), have accused Mexico of widespread official corruption and maintain that certification should be denied...