Word: sustain
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...this end, John has lived the last three years in group situations in which inhabitants share food, money, shelter, and prayer. This "gospel-based lifestyle," he says, "helps sustain me for the long haul." His religious faith, which he rejected in adolescence and reclaimed during college, has helped to shape his political response. Among his housemates and partners in activism have been Quakers, Episcopalians, and Buddhists--all of whom have inspired and challenged his faith. "I find much more hope living in communities with people who have made traditional religious vows that also include lay people," he points out, emphasizing...
...comprehends it totally. The information crisis is most acute on the Hill, where, in Stockman's view, "there is not much reward for accumulating knowledge." The more pressing concern is political survival. Also, the turnover in Congressmen and their staff experts makes it difficult for the House to sustain an institutional understanding of programs that go through generations and keep enlarging each year. "The big Government problem is the information overload at the center," says Stockman. There is just too much for most members of Congress to absorb in too short a time...
Although Bundy's production is, at times, tiresome, and almost always, frustrating, there are enough of those quick brilliant flourishes-when the fine acting enhances the other elements of the show to create a whole, coherent moment of enticing theater- to sustain an audience for three acts. What this version of the Hostage lacks in exuberancd, it makes up for in its faithful rendering of Behan's sincerity and sensitivity...
...committed $8 billion to expand production of some 90 strategic materials and subsequently stockpiled them in more than 100 locations around the U.S. Manganese and chromium were stored in huge outdoor dumps, and rubber was cached in refrigerated warehouses. The goal was to have enough material to sustain military production and meet industrial needs during a three-year...
Ruge, stately and cautious, had been chatting on a Friday evening in his small White House office about how to sustain Reagan's good health-and to prepare for emergencies, the kind that would occur in just 70 hours...