Word: maintaining
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hope what I've been able to do is learn howto take what I do seriously, but myself less so.That's a distinction not always easy to maintain,but one that is nonetheless essential. But that'sthe only way the experience of living--and livingwith others--can displace the futile anddispiriting search for ultimate meaning as areason for getting out of bed in the morning. Thatis one thing, at least, of which I am certain...
...Gorbachev can maintain his course, the next few years hold further promise. He has pledged to increase child allowances for low-income families and extend preschool child care. Plans to expand part-time employment options are particularly appealing to working women, most of whom want to hold on to their jobs but not full time. The Soviet Women's Committee, which submits to the government proposals on legislation affecting females, is seeking to increase the number of day-care centers (currently there are 3 million children without places) and build greater flexibility into work schedules. Some factories have begun...
...entry into the area of a peacekeeping contingent of Syrian troops. On Friday morning, 900 Syrian infantrymen, armed with machine guns and grenade launchers and accompanied by Lebanese police, moved into a buffer zone between the warring militias. Under Syrian authority, Hizballah and Amal will be permitted to maintain political and information offices in the area, but their fighters will be disarmed...
Spread over 500 acres of waterfront on Long Island, 55 miles east of New York City, lies a vast, intricate and inert tangle of 20th century technology. Completed 4 1/2 years ago, it has cost $5.3 billion to build and maintain. But the Long Island Lighting Company's Shoreham plant has never gone into service -- and probably never will. Last week LILCO agreed to sell the idle facility to New York State for $1. If the deal is approved, as expected, by several state and federal agencies, the plant will be dismantled and the pieces carted away, as soon...
...body as well. By constricting blood vessels, it casts a pallor over the face and diminishes circulation in the extremities, often causing chilliness in the arms and legs. It relaxes the muscles and suppresses the appetite for carbohydrates. Since nicotine cannot be stored in the body, smokers maintain a relatively constant level in the blood by continuing to smoke. "Because you take 200 to 400 of these hits a day, there's a lot of reinforcement," says Nina Schneider, a psychopharmacologist at the University of California, Los Angeles. "It's self-administered, and it controls mood and performance. That...