Word: maintains
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...ethnic Russians constitute about 51% of the Soviet Union's 285 million population. That proportion will shrink to 48% by the year 2000 and to only 40% by 2050, mainly because of the high birthrate of the Muslim populations of Central Asia. Russian domination will become increasingly hard to maintain...
...report released yesterday by the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR) said that Harvard plans to maintain its current policy of investing in companies doing business in South African as long as those companies adhere to the Sullivan Principles...
...addition to the grants, PBH must continue to pay $76,000 in fixed costs to maintain its building, pay administrative expenses, and conduct its fundraising activities...
Webb noted that the $299.5 billion defense budget had been cut by $33 billion "without clear strategic thought." But he was angriest that Carlucci had brushed aside the Navy's efforts to take cuts in maintenance and ^ operations rather than ships. Carlucci is determined to maintain the quality of defense forces, even by reducing the number of ships. He accepted the resignation "with regret," then rapidly arranged for Webb to be replaced by William Ball III, 39, an ex-Navy officer and former senior Senate staffer...
...famines. The bodies of such individuals actively resist every effort to slim down. Below a certain weight, their metabolism slows in order to allow fat to accumulate, but their appetites remain undiminished. Once body weight rises to a certain point, the metabolism seems to speed up, so that they maintain that weight without gaining any more. But, researchers note, a sluggish metabolism does not explain all obesity. Overeating and lack of exercise also seem to play a role in getting...