Word: maintained
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...interests of your reputation which you doubtless strive zealously to maintain, I would call your attention to an unfortunate omission in your list of important exports from China. . . . China has always been practically the sole source of supply for Rattan-Reeds, used in the manufacture of Baby Carriages, Reed Furniture, Baskets, etc., at least the first of which I am sure you will agree is of vital importance to the peace and comfort of the rising generation. I believe, therefore, that any list of important commodity exports from China is quite incomplete without mention of Rattan-Reeds...
French strategists say that these forts can maintain a cross-fire amid which no army could advance or so much as a rat live. Sunk deep in Mother Earth, the forts are supposed to be able to withstand indefinitely the most powerful bombardment, the heaviest bombing...
...brick, 8 in. of cork, an air space and concrete. Within that well-insulated casing is an inner structure of ten rooms. The inner building has its own, separate foundations, is further insulated from the outer husk by 6 in. of dead air. Thermostat control and automatic air conditioners maintain the ten rooms of the icebox at any desired temperature and humidity. Year-round humidity will be kept at between 35% and 45%. Temperature will not vary more than one-tenth of one degree from 68° F. The constant conditions are essential. For in those rooms Tech men will...
Powder to launch his projectile Spengler derives from the dogma "Man is a beast of prey." But he is essentially not only a carnivore, he is also an inventive carnivore. With every fresh invention Man advances further outside the bounds of Nature. To maintain his unnatural position he soon finds it necessary to band together into societies; within these societies men divide into the leaders and the led. Invention, technics become more and more complex: "The pace of discovery grows fantastic, and withal . . . human labor is not saved thereby." Knowledge to design and manage the machines becomes the leaders...
...educational programs would be broadcast under the direction of the State Board of Education. Professor Rogers asserts that the few educational programs now fostered by commercial stations are at best sporadic or punctuated with advertising. He claims that a state institution such as he suggests would cost little to maintain, and that talent could easily be secured for its programs...