Word: maintained
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Kanemaru scandal has shaken the Liberal Democratic Party as none before. Some popular younger figures are threatening to bolt and form a new party; last week Tsutomu Hata even rejected an offer to become Foreign Minister in order to maintain his freedom of action. Some analysts think a new party might win as many as 40 seats in Diet elections that must be held by next February, possibly costing the Liberal Democrats their majority...
...University also tries to maintain rough equality in salaries within each of its ten schools, without offering huge incomes to its "stars," Scott said...
Kaile Shilling and Jeanne Smoot, as the aging sisters Abby and Martha Brewster, maintain a virtually telepathic connection throughout the entire performance. They convey their characters' smothering affections and warped perspectives with uncanny precision. These benevolent murderesses are challenging characters, and Shilling and Smoot carry off their parts with wholehearted conviction...
...explored the European side of the issue in his single work of nonfiction, The European Tribe (1987), out of print until a reissue this year. Six years ago some labeled the book outlandish for contending that Europeans maintain tribal ethnic identities. Today, these essays seem prophetic of the bloody conflicts and surging nationalism there...
Ireland said that women must often make difficult choices to maintain professional positions--choices not required...