Word: maintainence
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...DiCAPRIO: He was a composite character, a representative of the Irish immigrant forming a gang, trying to best adapt his surroundings and survive in this underbelly of society. We wanted to maintain this historical significance, not to make a bald statement about the time but to give a picture of what it would be like. On the other side you have this coming-of-age story, the transition of this young man whose ultimate goal is to avenge his father's death. So, we wanted him to represent the plight of the Irish immigrant, and what it was like...
...after the failure of last-minute talks to determine the body's exact role in the breakaway republic. Moscow had insisted that the OSCE limit itself to providing humanitarian aid, but the 55-nation body wanted to continue monitoring human rights. The OSCE was the last international organization to maintain a permanent presence in Chechnya. PERSIAN GULF Military Might The U.S. accelerated its military buildup in advance of a possible war against Iraq. Washington mobilized an additional 50,000 troops to join the 60,000 already surrounding Iraq, bringing the total to well over 100,000. A similar-size force...
...further Bayer headache is the imminent expiration in the U.S. of the patent on another Bayer best seller, the antibiotic Cipro, the drug of choice during the panic over anthrax, which boosted sales to j1.9 billion. The company hopes a new once-a-day Cipro version will help maintain sales against generic competition from companies like Ratiopharm in Germany. Bayer had long insisted that it needed a drug unit to help offset market cycles in its chemical and pesticide units. When Werner Wenning took over as CEO last year, he suggested the company would be willing to merge its drug...
...firmly believes there is a point to all of the loss. "There really is a corporate-governance revolution across the country. Internal-audit departments are going to be taken more seriously," she says, noting that the Sarbanes-Oxley law passed by Congress last July requires all public companies to maintain internal-audit departments. She has received more than 100 letters and e-mails from strangers who want to thank and encourage...
...round of poaching and illegal trade," says Armen Petrossian, head of the International Caviar Importers Association. Tariffs collected from the legal trade pay for the hatcheries that produce 97% of beluga swimming in the Caspian. Without revenues from the legal trade, says Petrossian, there would be no incentive to maintain the hatcheries or to police poachers...