Word: maintaining
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...private contractors have several incentives to maintain quality. Their contracts can be canceled, and they often face competition from other companies. Moreover, private firms generally have more freedom than public agencies to fire employees who do not perform well. Evidence abounds that companies can provide many services more cheaply than governments can. When Los Angeles County reviewed the results of its extensive privatization, it found that it was saving $23 million a year on 450 contracts. A study by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) found that cities that have not privatized spend an average of 96% more...
...members maintain that the journal has always been a subsidiary of their organization. Review editors, citing the existence of separate constitutions for the two organizations, have said that their only link to the SAC is financial...
Jernigan is "clearly a level above everyone else" and can't be "pushed by his teammates," says Coach Dave Fish. The most difficult part of his college career has been avoiding "playing down" to other players while trying to maintain his own level of play, Jernigan says...
...Such actions from the French side do not correspond with its declarations about its will to maintain and develop good relations with the USSR, and the responsibility for the consequences of this action are incumbent on the French side," the Soviet spokesman said...
...rise; sales have grown from 10 million lbs. in 1975 to 110 million lbs. a year now. Even so, that accounts for only 4% of 2.3 billion lbs. of pasta eaten annually in this country. The tariff increase reflects U.S. resentment at the protective duty Europeans maintain on citrus imports from this country. This higher tariff means that consumers will pay 10% to 15% more than the current 70 cents to $1.10 per lb. of imported pasta. According to Max Busetti of the National Pasta Association, in Arlington, Va., it is the principle that counts. "Naturally, the Italians are incensed...