Word: maintain
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...develop a concrete plan to solve the economic crisis, they agreed that they would work to stimulate their countries’ economies and stabilize financial markets. According to Rogoff, the statement put out by the G-20 after the meeting reflected both the United States’ desire to maintain open markets and Europe’s desire for more heavy-handed regulation. The G-20, established in 1999 and made up of 19 countries and the European Union, represents 90 percent of the world’s gross national product. The group will reassemble in London next April...
...take $1.6 trillion over a span of five years in order to bring the nation’s infrastructure into a state of good repair. Looking at merely one subcategory of these projects—transportation infrastructure—the Department of Transportation estimates that in order to simply maintain current highway and bridge conditions, it will cost $78.7 billion per year. Unfortunately, in reporting on the current state of US infrastructure, the ASCE gave it a ‘D,’ thereby indicating that simply maintaining it will not be sufficient. DOT estimates assert that the required...
...manage to maintain your composure and focus with so many cameras in your face and so much money on the line...
...junior co-captain Lily Durwood said.With the score 5-7 in the third, a 6-2 Harvard run opened the game up and forced a Cornell timeout. The Big Red came back strong, but the Crimson used kills from McKinley, Mays, and sophomore Mikaelle Comrie to maintain the pace and hold onto the lead. At 25-21, junior Alissa Flesher nailed a kill to end the game as well as the chance of a shutout. Flesher repeated the act to start out the fourth frame, which saw constant back-and-forth action. Working off of attack errors...
...digital fun squad," "legal support" and "press liaison." The media gossip blog Gawker printed a bulletin supposedly from the organizers that told volunteers to find strategically located U-Haul trucks (which held the papers) around the city. Going for an ultimate guerilla effect, the bulletin said, "We want to maintain maximum mystery around this, for as long as possible - at least for a couple of days...