Word: maintained
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...current gamble is to maintain his public support with a series of apologies, so that the retribution that he may face for his actions is lessened by a Congress that is responsive to public opinion. That is his strategy: to use his sorrow to cushion his landing once his case crashes into the impeachment process...
Juniors Howard, Sands, Chris Nowinski and Jeff Svicarovich must step up to maintain the level of play. Helping to bridge the gap will be fifth-year senior Brendan Bibro, who is the only player to be a two-time captain since 1904-05. Bibro received his extra year of eligibility after breaking his foot last year...
...devaluation had been anticipated, even after the IMF in mid-July put together a $22.6 billion bailout package. The deal didn't reassure investors, however, who continued to pull their money, in dollars, out of Russia. The central bank's efforts to maintain the ruble's value sapped its hard-currency reserves, now down to $17 billion. That is a significant figure: it's all that's left to help keep the ruble from falling through the floor of the new trading range: 9.5 to the dollar. Some currency exchanges on Moscow's streets are already asking...
...Although Yeltsin told the country Chernomyrdin's appointment was supposed to "maintain stability," its effect may be the opposite: The prime minister wants to reverse last week's ruble devaluation package and is expected to drop Anatoly Chubais from his cabinet -- one of the few Russian politicians to enjoy any confidence among Western bankers. President Clinton, when he arrives at the Kremlin next week, may feel as if he's walked into the Mad Hatter's tea party. "Yeltsin is no longer connected in any sense to the solution to Russia's crisis," says Quinn-Judge. "He's very much...
...There's just one problem. Netscape's founding fathers, Jim Clark and Marc Andreesen, maintain that they began planning the new company on March 1 1994. What's more, the browser Andreesen first worked on -- NCSA Mosaic -- was already wowing the crowds back in December 1993, when the New York Times' John Markoff lauded it as the killer application for the Internet. Gates might want to brush up on browser history before his impending DOJ deposition...