Word: maintainence
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...fact, Black's new store is thriving. After half a dozen years of rebuilding a somewhat depleted faculty, raising women's enrollment to 39% and lifting its endowment substantially, the Columbia Law School is at a peak that Black fully intends to maintain and possibly elevate. In so doing, she will also be striving toward another, more personal goal. "Now," she says, "I would like to help persuade society that it should not be as difficult as it is for women to succeed at home and at work both...
Though the 39.10-point one-day drop in the Dow beat the mark set in 1929, the decline is not comparable to the Great Crash. Experts maintain that it is a temporary pause in the bull market. A court decision leads Kodak to stop production of instant cameras and film, leaving the field to Polaroid. The Federal Reserve cracks down on the use of junk bonds in takeovers...
...built in 1523, which is claimed to be the oldest Christian church in continuous use in the Western Hemisphere. To its parishioners, said Rector James Hohlfeld of St. Matthews, the British medieval church "will serve as a demonstration of the Anglican tradition." That heritage can sometimes be difficult to maintain. At present, the rector's assistant, Samuel Scheibler, told the Orange County Register, "we're surrounded in Southern California by a high-tech, ultramodern environment and high-tech, ultramodern Christianity...
...fall to about 3.8% by the end of the year. Unemployment is 13%, but it is likely to fall slightly. Brittan noted that declining oil prices are reducing British revenues and putting pressure on the pound. He predicted that the government would raise interest rates, if necessary, to maintain the value of the currency...
...Force's supersecret projects. The Pentagon is trying to cut a deal with the lawmakers to avoid a full disclosure. "There are a large number of the programs," says Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger. "They will, we think, give us an advantage. And the way to maintain that advantage is not to talk very much about them." --By Jacob V. Lamar Jr. Reported by Michael Duffy and Bruce van Voorst/Washington