Word: maintained
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Puerto Rico's first chance since 1967 to determine its political future, residents voted to maintain commonwealth status by a plurality of 48.4 percent, with statehood following closely with 46.2 percent...
Most important is NAFTA's symbolic value. Diplomatically, the vote is being viewed as a severe test of whether the U.S. will maintain a policy of active engagement in the world or take an inward-looking, protectionist turn. Politically, Clinton's leadership is on trial. A majority of House Democrats, heavily dependent on labor support for election, are against NAFTA. Clinton has the unenviable, but vital challenge of proving that he is enough of a New Democrat to break free of union domination, and that he can bring enough Democrats along with him and forge a strong bipartisan coalition...
...tamped down. Anticipating that Jews would use such rhetoric to push for new settlements in Arab neighborhoods, Rabin swiftly retorted that such remarks "do great harm to the delicate fabric of relations." While it is the national government that sets Israeli policy on Jerusalem, the mayor's ability to maintain the delicate peace in this restive city is crucial...
Because both men are faced with a deadly disease, they must eat well in order to continue to live. The government, they say, has not given them enough support to maintain their health...
...Black man. Mokie, in turn, laughs at how uncomfortable he makes white people feel when they mistake him for a waiter. Sven, Jane Louise's colleague, manages to think and talk about nothing but sex, to send a frisson of enigma and anticipation down every woman's spine, yet maintain his job as director of the design department of an important publishing house. Erna, Jane Louise's boss, spawns a brood of children and grandchildren, wears sensible tweeds, bakes cakes, attends P.T.A. meetings, and harbours a secret crush on Sven. The idealist secretary soullessly dates her high school sweetheart...