Word: maintaining
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Strike-crippled Eastern Airlines shut down nearly all operations yesterday and idled more than 5000 workers, saying it could not afford to maintain its business because pilots were honoring a three-day-old Machinists walkout...
While B-School professors acknowledge that the case method is less ideal for teaching highly quantitative fields, they maintain that it still proves valuable even in such areas as accounting and finance. Since these topics do not lend themselves to the case method as easily as business policy does, professors at most business schools are often left to decide whether lectures, cases or a mixed approach will work best for their courses...
Student participation, together with the fact that much information on each topic is presented directly in the case, allows professors with little expertise in the field to conduct classes nonetheless. Some say this frees professors to teach and learn about a variety of subjects, but critics maintain that the B-School's expertise in methodology comes with a loss of expertise in subject matter...
Greenspan seemed determined to maintain that cautious pace. While he and Bush share a long acquaintance and are described by aides as "very comfortable" together, the Fed chairman vowed to continue his efforts to reduce inflation. When Colorado Democrat Tim Wirth noted that the Fed seemed to be caught in the midst of a dangerous "high-wire act," Greenspan solemnly replied, "It is." Unless the Administration and Congress can find a credible way to cut the budget deficit, the Fed's daredevil performance will remain the only act in town...
Each department should appoint a representative to ensure that it is actively seeking minority and female candidates for open positions. The representative would maintain an official list of potential candidates and would prepare an annual report on the status of the department's hiring efforts...