Word: maintained
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...there is a hero, it is Ruth, the only character whom we can admire. She goes through her ordeal bravely, trying to maintain her marriage, her family and her sanity, and succeeds to the point of knowing at the end that she doesn't really need the marriage at all. She is alone in her growth; the others stagnate or deteriorate. Jerry, unable to make his move out of Eden, dreams of proposing to Sally; Sally degenerates into a shrew; and Richard is doomed to perpetual unhappiness, neurotically in love with a woman who despises...
Many of the women now enrolled in the course say they believe that only by limiting enrollment to women can the discussion rise above a general introductory level, if for no other reason than that few men at Harvard have strong backgrounds in feminist literature. They maintain that the two courses--the seminar and the independent studies Hubbard offered--could be separate but equal, fulfilling everyone's needs...
Fisk University is fortunate to have Leonard as its president at a time when private black universities are increasing in importance but struggling to maintain themselves financially. Leonard will bring to Fisk the devotion, spirit and diligence necessary to ensure its continued success...
Despite the vitriol, the candidates had few disagreements of substance. Indeed, whichever Helmut won, it seemed there would be no fundamental change in West Germany's domestic or foreign policy. Both promised to lower unemployment (current jobless rate: 3.9%), raise pensions, maintain but not significantly expand other social services, crack down on terrorists, pursue detente with East Germany on more of a quid pro quo basis, continue close ties with the U.S., and lobby in other West European capitals for a stronger NATO. Their only substantive difference was over the issue of corporate-tax cuts, which Kohl favored...
...deep into the 18th century, the Premier warned that in Peter the Great's purported "testament" Russia had already laid claim to South Asia. Hua declared that war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union is inevitable -a contention Schlesinger disputed. The Premier added that the U.S. must maintain its naval strength in the Pacific against a possible Soviet attack...