Word: maintained
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...solution is not, as Newt Gingrich would maintain, to slash funds for welfare and place the children of single mothers in orphanages. The problem of poverty is a real one, and the Republicans cannot make it disappear merely by ignoring the depth of the crisis. People sometimes need help, and it is the obligation of any humane, civil society to provide...
...short, it is unreasonable to maintain that the performance of certain groups is irrelevant to the appraisal of admissions policies. The numbers have the potential to radically reshape the debate...
Some residents yesterday did not think the name change was so bad and even managed to maintain a sense of humor in spite of their surprise at Monday's announcement...
...House of Representatives approved the petitions last Monday. Yesterday's vote sends the petitions of Boston and Cambridge to the governor's desk. But Weld has repeatedly said he will veto any petitions to maintain rent control. "I don't like any of the ones that have been drafted," he told reporters yesterday...
Taking the bully pulpit anew after a recent speech -- not approved by the White House -- on "corporate welfare," Labor Secretary Robert Reich today warned that many Americans aren't saving enough to maintain their living standard when they retire. "Today's workers will need unprecedented levels of savings to maintain their living standards during those retirement years," Reich told a Senate Finance subcommittee. "But since workers are now earning less and saving less, they'll have less -- especially if retirement itself grows longer." The best solution, he argued, was for employers to increase wages so their workers have enough left...