Word: maintained
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...figures that "improved management techniques" could cut 5% to 7% out of its spending without reducing security. He wants to maintain overall U.S. military strength on a par with the Soviets'?he speaks of "rough equivalency"?but would somewhat change the composition of the forces. He would scrap plans to produce the B-l bomber, a $21 billion program, while maintaining research and development on the supersonic aircraft. He would equip obsolescent B-52s with new, long-range cruise missiles. He would build more Navy ships but concentrate on smaller vessels, like destroyers, instead of carriers and cruisers...
...good rainfall will not be enough to rescue Britain. In fact, even if it rained constantly for the rest of the summer, the country would still have to maintain conservation measures. Although some regions (Scotland, North Wales, sections of Yorkshire) are suffering no drought at all, other regions, including the Thames area and southwest England, are so parched that meteorologists say a full 18 months of above-average rainfall are needed to restore water-supply levels to normal...
...commission sharply criticizes the political leaders in troubled Boston and Louisville. Elected officials in Louisville, the report finds, "abdicated their responsibility to maintain law and order" during the busing violence last year. Boston Mayor Kevin White and the city council, says the commission, displayed a "virtual total lack of support for court desegregation orders" that "reinforced the view that desegregation would never come to pass...
...weeks earlier that no matter how it ended the winner would come in person to call on the loser. Another agreement that was reached that very afternoon: Ford would not raise the subject of Reagan's availability for the vice presidency at the meeting. Reagan wanted to maintain any leverage he could on Ford's final choice the next day. Schweiker was not invited to stay for the meeting and was ushered out with the rest of the staff...
...Warsaw observed, "You have the feeling the place could explode any minute." To avert new violence, Gierek has promised to conduct "a frank, open dialogue" with the public about his food policy. Just in case that should fail, he has also canceled military leaves so that Polish forces can maintain a state of semi-alert...