Word: maintain
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According to the National Transportation Safety Board's final report, the "probable cause" of the accident was the failure of the crew of the Boeing 727 to maintain visual separation from the Cessna 172, which was overtaken and run into by the commercial...
...they have given countless anxious moments to Commander in Chief Ronald Reagan as well. But the legislative timetable permits no further delay. So, before Congress breaks for its monthlong August recess, the Administration hopes to disclose what kind of missile and bomber forces it proposes to deploy to maintain U.S. retaliatory capacity through the rest of the 1980s and probably well into the 1990s...
That is only one of the innovations that military reformers are demanding. Some others: smaller, lighter fighter planes that, they contend, would be easier to maintain and keep in the air than supersophisticated craft; light tanks for the Rapid Deployment Force that could fit snugly into most cargo planes; greater use by all services of V-STOL (very short takeoff and landing) planes, like the Marine Corps' highly successful Harrier...
...researchers involved with corporation grants, at least at Harvard, steadfastly maintain that their academic integrity has not been compromised. While it is still much too early to determine the success or failure of agreements like the recent one with DuPont. Harvard officials point to a tie formed seven years ago between the University and a large midwestern chemical firm, as an example of a successful linkage between a corporation and an academic institution...
Some American officials say that this deficit is partially caused by restrictive import barriers that make it hard to sell products other than wheat, rice, aluminum and other natural resources. Japanese officials, however, maintain that they no longer discourage foreign companies...