Word: maintained
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that does not mean he fails to show emotion. On the day that Army I, the presidential helicopter, lifted Richard Nixon away from the White House for the last time, Ford had to struggle to maintain his composure while he watched from the end of the red carpet on the lawn. During the hearings before his confirmation as Vice President, Ford testified in effect that it would not be proper for him-if he became President-to pardon Nixon. When Ford did just that by granting the pardon, he ended his honeymoon with the American people. But he and Nixon...
Besides soliciting a written application and an interview, most seminar leaders also try to maintain a diversity of backgrounds in their classes...
Carter's so-called "hotline" to God through prayer appears to be his working relationship with the non-material world. According to the Democrats' press aide Mark Cohen, Carter reads the Bible (in Spanish) every night. He is thereby working to maintain a continuous connection with God, the aide says. Carter's spiritual experience gives him a "sense of peace and equanimity and assurance," he says...
Mood of Moderation. To an extent, the new leadership must continue Mao's policy to maintain its own credentials. Moreover, moderation seems to be the mood of the country. Evidently, ordinary Chinese are simply tired of the nearly constant political tub thumping by the radical faction in Peking. Without Mao's active backing, the radicals in the leadership may find it difficult to pursue their preferred programs without risking a loss of support from powerful provincial leaders...
...that hadn't had an overnight guest in years. In Stuart, my father went into a hardware store to buy a Thermos bottle. The white clerk asked my dad, a distinguished professor of surgery at least 20 years his senior, "What you want, boy?" My father struggled to maintain his dignity as he told the clerk what he wanted. I felt in my gut, for the first time, how hard it had been for black men to preserve their self-respect under a rigid system of white supremacy...