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...also said she wanted to find a way to maintain the library’s august character when selecting a means to ward off would-be thieves...
...years to go before the event, the agency can't say exactly how the money will be spent. Apart from that are the logistics. "It's not an event you will be able just to turn up at and get in [quickly]. The challenge for London will be to maintain a sense of informality and spontaneity among all the baggage checks," Szymanski says. And, perhaps, keeping people entertained in the interminable security lines...
...when I pick up my editing pen, I still maintain “health care” for the noun and “health-care” for the adjective. In other words, I cling to the old rules, even as my progressive personal philosophy knows that they’re inevitably being squeezed...
...Iraq, is the current manifestation of the coalition that Maliki rode to power in 2006. To stay in charge of Iraq, Maliki must defeat his former coalition allies in what are expected to be tough elections on January 16. The victor will have a difficult four years to maintain security as American troops depart, and turn around cynical Iraqis tired of little improvement in basic services and still recurring violence. (Read what Maliki and Iraq still need from...
Tehran could use all these stopgap methods to buy time - which is all it really needs to do. Chinese firms and, until recently, India's Reliance, have been working on massive upgrades of the country's refineries. "If Iran can maintain its refinery upgrades, they'll be self-sufficient in gas by 2013," says Dalton. (Watch TIME's exclusive interview with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...