Word: maintains
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...Although the guards sought throughout the negotiations to maintain the same benefits that they have had in previous years, they were not successful, and the new contract includes cuts in areas such as sick leave and vacation time...
Although the guards sought throughout the negotiations to maintain the same benefits that they have had in previous years, they were not successful--the new contract includes cuts in areas such as sick leave and vacation time...
...Beijing and Washington: the so-called "One China" policy. "One China" is the security blanket by which Taiwan, China and the U.S. have been getting along with each other since Nixon was out that way in 1972. In it, the communists in Beijing and the democratic nationalists in Taipei maintain the fiction that each is eventually going to rule the other, with a nod and a wink from Washington. Now Lee seems intent on giving that blanket a good shredding. After making a vague threat over the weekend that Beijing-Taipei relations would now be "nation-to-nation," Lee confirmed...
...through some "tough political votes" over health care, says Dickerson. Republicans would prefer not to have to deal with the HMO issue, he reports, but, aware of the political draw of the matter, they are seeking to enact a limited bill that will both pass public muster and maintain the GOP?s reputation as the party of fiscal responsibility. At the moment there does not appear to be much wavering in the Republican ranks, which means that come the end of the week, the GOP majority will probably manage to push through its version. Both parties will then take their...
...costs Milosevic wants to maintain his fiction that Serbia won the war and Kosovo is not lost. To achieve this illusion, Milosevic has had to engineer one of the strangest U-turns in the history of propaganda. First, NATO was the enemy, the evil aggressor who bombed Serbia. Now peacekeepers from NATO countries are said to be protecting the Serbs--and, ultimately, their stake in the province. Last week TIME's Belgrade team assembled a week's worth of Milosevic's propaganda. Then we turned to some spin experts for their analysis. Though they spotted some holes, it's clear...