Word: maintainence
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...often used and then abandoned or ignored or forced to turn the other way as "power groupies" cluster around the Big Man. She must sparkle to help her husband but beware of outshining him. She must know the issues and the arguments for and against. She must often maintain two homes without really living in either. Many such women want out. And yet, for all the pressures and drawbacks, quite a few would have it no other way, particularly after their husbands reach the real heights. --TIME...
...million in increased earnings by 2007. This could mean sweeping job cuts at the British lender. Some question whether conservative British customers will remain loyal to the bank once it's in foreign hands. Indeed, many Abbey shareholders are pension funds and asset managers who, to maintain investment objectives, will have to sell if the bank becomes non-U.K. owned. Luqman Arnold, Abbey's chief executive, said he thought the deal would be similar to Wal-Mart's 1999 acquisition of British supermarket chain ASDA, which retains its own name and identity. Whether the deal succeeds or not, Europe...
Sure, I desperately tried to maintain my focus from the seat I had furtively acquired directly behind the Puerto Rican delegation below the Fox News booth. After all, my partner in crime, Lauren A. E. Schuker ’06, also a Crimson editor, and I had to slip into several zones within the FleetCenter in which our security clearance was not quite good enough, and if we abandoned our prime viewing position, we might not be so fortunate the next time around...
...first time in the history of the earth, as far as we know, that one species has caused a mass extinction - and we're in the middle of it." The issue is land: areas smaller than 300,000 sq. km have, Archer says, "no long-term viability to maintain mammal lineages. That's an order of magnitude greater than the biggest reserve we have in Australia - Kakadu - and it's certainly much bigger than anything in the U.S. So globally, this is a problem." Archer often runs up against the view that it doesn't much matter if humans exterminate...
...consumer groups complained that the NCEP committee failed to disclose that at least six of its nine members had financial ties to companies that make them. But even the NCEP says the best ways to lower cholesterol are to get more exercise, eat less saturated and trans fats, and maintain a healthy weight. "Patients often think, Since I'm taking a statin, I'm protected," says Dr. Eric Topol, a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic. But although statins can reduce the risk of a heart attack, they won't eliminate...