Word: maintain
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...Stags defense withstood a Sheeleigh free kick with 2:34 remaining in the second overtime to maintain the draw...
While the Harvard-affiliated Cambridge Health Alliance has been gripped by a financial crisis since instituting a hiring freeze in February, officials maintain that the quality of care at the hospital system will not be compromised—though services may be consolidated...
...Michele Polo, a professor of economics at Milan's Bocconi University, says liquidation may now be the only option remaining. Polo doesn't see the logic in trying to keep the airline afloat just to maintain its Italian identity, and he expects that Italy's No. 2 airline, AirOne, and foreign carriers will almost certainly fill the profitable Rome-Milan route, while low-cost carriers will jump on other Italian destinations. "The market will do its job," he says. "This kind of evolution would bring more competition." A significant number of laid-off Alitalia employees would eventually be rehired...
Although a final evaluation is yet to be completed, scientists believe the fault caused the machine to lose the near absolute-zero temperature it must maintain to operate. For now, however, repair work can't begin because the machine is still too cold; it will take about a month to warm up the area to a temperature at which replacement parts can be inserted. It will take another month to cool it back down, and given that CERN has pledged not to run its giant machine - which requires as much power as the entire city of Geneva - during winter months...
...those familiar with top-secret rush lingo. As the clock counts down, and your team is nearing a thrilling victory, your job is only beginning. While the rest of the crowd loses control, frolics about, and “high-fives” each other, you must maintain complete focus at all times. If you don’t, your rush could end before it even started. I’ll give you an example. My freshman year, Harvard traveled to Yale and competed in probably the greatest playing of the Game in the storied history of its rivalry with...