Word: maintain
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Casey has so far declined to talk about what he plans to do as CIA director except to say: "The U.S. has had the finest information-gathering, analytical and scholarly organizations in the world of this kind. I would hope to maintain it and strengthen it." But he has refused to talk about what CIA weak spots he might attack and has not yet read the Reagan transition task force's report that recommends an increase in covert CIA operations and the creation of a central records system shared by the CIA and domestic law-enforcement agencies...
...sparks of their personal friction, Rabin and Peres have no significant ideological or policy differences. Both advocate tough budget cutting and tight foreign currency control to fight Israel's punishing triple-digit inflation. On matters of foreign policy, both want to maintain close relations with the U.S. and honor the Camp David agreements. Rabin and Peres subscribe to the "Jordanian" option, under which most of the occupied West Bank would revert to joint Jordanian-Palestinian control...
Carter works with Reagan to maintain U.S. foreign policy
Because the turnover rate of clerical and technical employees normally reaches about one-third, the union has faced problems in its attempts to maintain consistent support. But Sullivan said this week she thinks "a lot of people are sticking around because they feel we might win this election...
...constitution, ratified by students in 1977, promised that the assembly would "handle important student concerns like alternative meal plans, library hours and reserve policy, athletic facilities and tennis court fees, calendar reform, housing transfers, bland menus which also make it nearly impossible for vegetarians and some religious groups to maintain their diet, funding for new student groups, and much more." Thus far, the assembly has not produced a substantive change in any one of these areas. Instead, it has sponsored social events such as disco dances, happy hours, a rock concert, and a "spring weekend...