Word: maintain
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Finding an acceptable day-care arrangement is just the beginning of the ( struggle. Parents must then maneuver to maintain it. Michele Theriot of Santa Monica, Calif., a 37-year-old theatrical producer, has been scrambling ever since her daughter Zoe was born 2 1/2 years ago. In that short period she has employed a Danish au pair, who quit after eight months; a French girl, who stayed 2 1/2 months; and an Iranian, who lasted a week. "If you get a good person, it's great," says Theriot, "but they have a tendency to move on." Last September, Theriot decided...
Those advocating retreat, in its various camouflages, ought not to be debating whether our defense budget should be $303 billion or $289 billion. Thirty billion ought to be quite enough to maintain all that their foreign policy would require: a few nuclear missiles and a Coast Guard to patrol the Florida Keys...
Significantly, Bok has attempted to maintain a consensus throughout. On the natty issue of South Africa, Bok has steered a middle course on the University's stock holdings, a target of harsh attacks since the late 1970's. His policy of "selective divestment" and the creation of an Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR) composed of students and faculty have mollified some critics...
...establish and maintain a sense among Harvard workers that their union will be a friend and supporter, HUCTW leaders say that the union must maintain its own autonomy despite its national backing. They add that AFSCME has been wise not to meddle excessively in the local operation...
While the History Department must make appointments simply to maintain a sufficiently staffed senior faculty, outside scholars have warned that the American wing of the Harvard history department is in "deep trouble" and has lost much of its influence in the academic world...