Word: maintainence
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...novel itself treads on virgin soil. It is one of the few recent books about the experiences of immigrants to the United States that does not read as trite or contrived. For the most part, this is due to Mukherjee’s ability to craft characters that maintain a fullness of personality and an independence of action that is only rarely encountered. Like any immigrants, Mukherjee’s characters find themselves in a new world faced with new problems. However, the issues with which Tara, her husband Bish, and their son Rabi must deal confront many typical Americans...
...been erased and replaced with an “A.” In Professor Douglas’ academic training a B probably represented a very good mark, but that didn’t fly in an American university. In order to maintain an acceptable distribution—and probably at the urging of her departmental administrators—she took eraser in hand and faked...
...currently developing a National Missile Defense that would, even in its most limited version, effectively neutralize China's small fleet of intercontinental ballistic missiles. NMD was always going to spur China to greatly expand its own missile fleet to give it the potential to overwhelm U.S. defenses and therefore maintain a credible nuclear deterrent. That drive will be given added urgency by suggestions that the Pentagon might envisage a nuclear strike in a confrontation over Taiwan...
While Radcliffe is eager to further the academic interests of female undergraduates, Faust said it will maintain distance from issues of social life. Faust added she does not want the Institute to be a “bucket in which [the schools] can deposit their radioactive gender issues...
...There are people on the UC who have the technical capabilities to maintain the site but I don’t know if there’s enough enthusiasm,” Grech says...