Word: sustain
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...causes blood sugar to peak about three hours after it is eaten; carbohydrates produce a much swifter rise. When blood-sugar levels are too low, producing a weak and dizzy state called hypoglycemia, Turro recommends drinking milk, which contains carbohydrates to produce a quick rise and protein to sustain...
...then, 1982 was coming to an end, and the U.S. was still holding firm to the zero option. Nitze could see that the U.S. would need a new position of its own if it was going to sustain political support in Western Europe. He drew up a proposal that involved concessions greater than those he had been willing to make during the walk in the woods...
...Europe, and thus by virtue of their power and the geographical facts become the dominant power on it continent. Short of that, the Soviets want to take the Western governments pay as high a political price as possible in internal dissension and conflict with one another in order to sustain a credible defense. Of particular importance in this effort is "the German card," that is, holding out the prospect of reunification of the two Germanies in exchange for a West German decision to leave NATO. As proposed in the 1950s in the Rapacki Plan, this and subsequent schemes for "nuclear...
...eyes open about the Soviet Union and is convinced that there is something very fundamental at stake in the conflict between East and West. Without that basis in the moral order, no amount of strategic brilliance or foreign policy sophistication will be able to keep the peace and sustain political freedom in Western Europe. The West has won this skirmish with the Soviets but its weak spots will take a long time to overcome. Unaccustomed as it may sound, we can coexist most peacefully with the Soviet Union when the Russians understand first, that nothing is to be gained...
...lies with the Wolong Research and Conservation Center, scheduled for completion this month. Designed jointly by William Conway, director of the Bronx Zoo, and Chinese colleagues, the sprawling mountainside complex will become the world's premier panda research facility, with laboratories, libraries and special breeding pens to help sustain the panda population. Says Schaller: "The Chinese will probably save the panda. They are determined to do it. But it has to be a long-term effort. You can never...