Word: maintain
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There are no signs of a police presence anywhere near the building. It is the occupying union men who maintain tight security. Five burly railroad workers in their uniforms stand guard at the entrance. The inner door is chained and padlocked. Although the occupiers claim to have about 400 people inside, a first-hand head count put that number at closer to 100. In a solemn mood, the peasants and factory workers sit around chatting idly, reading newspapers, playing cards or chess. At night bedrolls and mattresses are laid out side by side on the floor...
...regretted leaving the place. And his regret somehow gave credence to an astonishing conversation that he had with one of his senior aides shortly after the election. The President asked if it were possible to install a loyalist as head of the Democratic National Committee so that Carter could maintain some measure of control. As the man listened in disbelief, the President told him-in unmistakable terms-that he might want to be a candidate for the job again...
China's leaders have not offered any explanation for the delay in sentencing. They maintain that the decision rests entirely with the 35-member panel of judges that presided over the eight-week-long trial. Yet many Chinese are convinced that the politically explosive verdict is being handled by the highest officials of the Communist Party. Indeed, one member of the court, Anthropologist Fei Xiaotung, left Peking for a visit to Canada last week-a sure sign that the judges' participation was no longer necessary...
...increased military engagement with far reaching implications for our strategic interests in the Caribbean basin. Support for our policies is limited and unreliable. Our identification with the governing Junta in that country has placed us in a collision course with key regional actors with whom we need to maintain friendly and cooperative diplomatic and economic relations...
...Maintain a low profile throughout the process of disengagement. The US does not have at this time the political credibility to spearhead a mediation effort. We should encourage and support initiatives taken by other regional actors avoiding direct participation. Our direct involvement may limit our ability to influence the process and may become an obstacle to mutual concessions...