Word: maintain
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most politically appealing strategem, but it is probably the most ineffective way to safeguard American interests. Carter has termed the area "vital" to the security of the United States, vowing to protect it militarily, along with Western Europe and Japan. However, no number of American troops can maintain stability in the face of the resurgence of Moslem fundamentalism and the psychological dislocation of modernization...
...Even before the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Administration had allocated $15.3 billion in additional funds for the Pentagon next year, an increase of 3.3% after inflation. The President outlines defense spending through 1985 that cumulatively adds $90.1 billion more to defense budgets than would be needed simply to maintain this year's force levels. Increased spending includes money for the MX intercontinental missile and Trident submarines, and to equip the Rapid Deployment Force of some 100,000 troops that is to be ready by 1983 for use in world trouble spots like the Persian Gulf...
...serious scholar, küng has never "denied outright" any doctrines "central to the Catholic faith," but has rather sought to critically examine and clarify them for his contemporaries. The real struggle is that between those in the hierarchy who seek to maintain rigid, male, celibate control over the "People of God" and those who seek genuine dialogue, reconciliation and a Christian ministry truly shared...
...oldest and largest service of its kind in New England. Working out of a red brick house indistinguishable from the others on the quiet street except for a small sign in the front, the Place volunteers and staff counsel people over the phone and on a drop-in basis, maintain a file for 3000 Boston emergency medical, housing and legal services, and run a free mobile unit service to supplement the protection offered by South Boston hospitals. According to the 1978 annual report, Project Place "responded to over 62,000 calls for help from people throughout the Greater Boston area...
...regular shifts until they are ready to "anchor" one themselves. Once full-fledged Placers, they continue to meet weekly in supervision groups to discuss problems that have arisen in counselling and to provide peer support. It can get lonely on an overnight shift, and it's hard to maintain your own emotional well-being and balance when you're constantly talking to people contemplating suicide or having a bad trip...