Word: maintained
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Though some scholars maintain that the Garden of Eden was in Aden, the country today seems more like purgatory than paradise. A British protectorate since 1839, Aden is a sun-scorched moonscape of thrusting volcanic mountains and rock-strewn wadies. Temperatures commonly rise to 110, and survival rations for British combat troops there include at least two gallons of water daily-for drinking, not washing. Aden is a tempting prize nonetheless. In a determined attempt to defend it from guerrilla bands sweeping across from Yemen, Britain last week airlifted hundreds of seasoned troops there...
...addition to his new duties, Fainsod, who is 57, will maintain his present teaching schedule...
...delegates in last Tuesday's Pennsylvania Presidential primary. (Two North Dakota delegates have declared for Scranton, and three favoring Goldwater were chosen in Pennsylvania.) The Scranton vote in his home state has been regarded by most observers as merely an expression of support for a "favorite son" who can "maintain the unity of the delegation." In any case, the governor's show of strength could be a significant force in San Francisco this July...
Keeping Them Flying. President Johnson stated categorically last week that the U-2 flights would continue. "It is essential that we maintain surveillance and know whether any missiles are being shipped into Cuba," he said. Any interference, he added, would be "a very serious action." In the 1962 crisis, one specific contingency plan was a lightning air strike to take out all 25 SAM installations simultaneously. The U.S. has kept a force of some 500 jet fighter bombers deployed at Southern bases within easy range of Cuba...
...Summer School will also require all organizations to "maintain their local autonomy. The criterion for local autonomy shall be whether the college organization makes all policy decisions without obligation to any outside parent organization...