Word: maintaining
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...rarely extended beyond the shores of his homeland. Yet until his death last year at the age of 78. Austin Clarke had claim to the grandest title of the richest language in the world: Ireland's greatest living poet. It was not a claim that went unchallenged, for some maintain that Thomas Kinsella had and continues to hold the title hands down. But since W.B. Yeats's death in 1939, Clarke was Ireland's unofficial poet laureate. The Collected Poems of Austin Clarke (Oxford University Press, 568 pp., $20.00) celebrates the recognition of Clarke's poetry that came so slowly...
...cuts in the department's programs still have been necessary. So, before the Ivy League voted the rule change, Harvard cut the size of its football coaching staff. It has cut back on travelling expenses for teams. The number of workers employed to maintain the athletic buildings and grounds has been reduced and further cuts are planned...
Also, a lot of people left because they feared that under communism they would not be permitted to practice their religion. This is completely false. In North Vietnam, the people are allowed to maintain their religious beliefs. They have priests who are recognized by the Vatican, and who meet with the Pope every year. So I think quite a number of refugees will go back as soon as they can. Many of these people will have terrible problems adjusting to life in this country. They will go on welfare, and it may take years before they are fluent...
Every Mailbox. The anti-Marketeers argue that EEC membership will lead to more unemployment, higher food prices and less sovereignty for Britain. Pro-Marketeers maintain that membership will reduce unemployment, lower food prices and bolster Britain's world influence. The official referendum campaign pamphlets-which are being delivered at government expense to every mailbox in the land this week-do little to clarify matters. With more drama than cogency, the Why You Should Vote Yes pamphlet argues that "outside [the EEC] we should be alone in a harsh, cold world with none of our friends offering to revive...
...Pulitzer Prizes somehow continue to maintain their carefully nurtured reputation as journalism's highest honor. Yet in recent years the annual awards have often generated more controversy than kudos. The Columbia University Board of Trustees, which oversees the selection process, publicly chastised its own Pulitzer advisory board two years ago for honoring the New York Times's disclosure of the Pentagon papers and Jack Anderson for his columns on Washington's "tilt" toward Pakistan during the India-Pakistan war. Last year, when the Providence Journal-Bulletin 's Jack White gained a prize for revealing Richard Nixon...