Word: maintainance
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...heart, the vicious circle of resistance and repression testifies to the determination of both Palestinian and Israeli to possess the same land. To maintain control, Israeli officials have deported Arab leaders and have often destroyed the houses of those suspected of security violations. Land has been appropriated for Israeli settlements. Arab youths have been interrogated, collective punishment has been exacted, and prisoners have allegedly been beaten and tortured...
Socialist Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou came to power in 1981 vowing not to renew an agreement that allows the U.S. to maintain four large military bases in Greece. With 19 months left before the accord expires, Papandreou last week announced he would call a referendum on the issue. The vote will take place only if Greece and the U.S. are able to come up with terms of a new pact for voters to ratify. Papandreou has gradually been softening his stand on the bases in recent months. Foreign Minister Karolos Papoulias will meet with Secretary of State George Shultz during...
Thus, long before last week's announcement, Reed had embarked on a two-part strategy to try to maintain profits on Citicorp's foreign debts while reducing the bank's dependence on them. Citicorp's new, hard accounting line first emerged last September, when a committee representing more than 350 banks was negotiating a debt package with Mexico. Breaking ranks with his U.S. banking colleagues, Reed protested the terms of the final deal. Mexico successfully rescheduled $44 billion of old debts at bargain rates and got $6 billion in fresh cash that helped, in part, to make the interest payments...
Western Europe's navies, explains Robert O'Neill, director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, cannot spare military forces for the gulf without making "serious inroads" in their well- established European defense commitments. Still, British and French warships in the region, though operating independently, maintain close contact with American naval forces stationed there. Says a senior British defense official: "If there were any attempt to close the Strait of Hormuz and prevent the passage of Western oil tankers through the gulf, I have no doubt that the three navies would act together to keep the route open...
...foundation for the Salesian priests and nuns who supplanted the tribal shamans. The Salesians stressed education and introduced infirmaries, orchards and craft workshops. The Indians became heavily dependent upon the mission, which bartered or bought handicrafts and art, resold them to outsiders and used most of the proceeds to maintain the church's services...