Word: maintain
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...services such as advertising and insurance were not offseting part of the gargantuan deficit in exchange of goods. The trade deficit, or excess of merchandise imports over exports, will be roughly $350 billion. So the U.S. is spilling too many dollars into currency markets for the greenback to maintain its present value against most other moneys, euro or no euro...
...Crimson will look to maintain or add to its two-point lead in the ECAC standings against the 11th-place Eagles (2-7-1, 1-6-1) and the sixth-place Big Green (4-2-2, 4-2-2). Senior forward Erin Magee
...industrialized country, visitors should be aware that the economy of Home is far less stable than our native land with its $4 billion endowment. Because Home is an emerging capital market, only the most cosmopolitan regions of Home have confronted modern technological progress. Visitors who come Home expecting to maintain the same lifestyle they have led in more advanced parts of the world will soon find themselves confronting intense culture shock and should in most cases prepare for severe withdrawal from e-mail...
Additionally the two power forwards, senior Bill Ewing and sophomore Tim Coleman, have struggled to maintain a rebounding and defensive presence, and as of yet are not consistent performers at the other end--the two average a combined 9.3 points per game and have no assists between them...
...scholarship for his girlfriend. Smaltz uncovered evidence that at least one of the firms that provided benefits to Espy did so hoping to curry favor with him. And there is no doubt that Espy shouldn't have taken some of the gifts. But Smaltz's critics maintain that Espy's misguided behavior hardly warranted such weighty criminal charges. At trial, Smaltz failed to show that Espy had rewarded any of his gift donors. Though the law doesn't require an explicit quid pro quo, Smaltz had to demonstrate that Espy knew the givers were trying to influence him. Smaltz didn...