Word: maintainence
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...partition. Arabia and the desert countries of the Middle East have always been of vital concern to an oil-conscious U. S. Although American oil reserves are immense, comprising thirty percent of the known supplies, the U. S. refines over sixty percent of the world's petroleum and cannot maintain this uneven balance indefinitely. With fewer new fields coming in each year, the oil market will shift away from the United States in two decades unless the on companies are permitted to exploit undeveloped fields in Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia...
...work of the Club was so successful in this period that Radcliffe decided to maintain activity for the University. "Now we have the most talented bunch of musicians we've ever had," enthused Fine. The group decided to become more active after that, forming its own chamber orchestra, and now occupies a place distinct from the Glee Club and the Pierian Sodality...
Noel cited "the spectacle of separate national entitles each thinking to realize its own private national ambition, each desperate to maintain its own national powers or prestige, while in reality everyone harbors and cannot put in abeyance the game basic verso...
Part of the minimum annual output of 225,000 tons will be used to maintain a Government stockpile of 650,000 tons, one year's supply for the U.S. Rubber fabricators will be required to use the rest, i.e., mix a certain percentage with natural 'rubber, as at present...
...angry retorts from F.D.R.'s supporters, Lane charges that during Roosevelt's and the early part of Truman's administration, U.S. Government leaders deliberately misled the public about the seriousness of the Polish situation. When Lane told President Roosevelt that strong steps should be taken to maintain Poland's independence, "the President asked rather sharply and with a note of sarcasm, 'Do you want me to go to war with Russia...