Word: sustainable
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...This leader proclaimed this nation's independence, served as its first Prime Minister and helped sustain its existence over the period of several wars...
Europe entered the century as a study in disintegrated empire. Rome had long since fallen. Charlemagne had briefly laid claim to its authority, but his heirs could not sustain a continent-wide order. Christendom was a Babel of weak and squabbling kings, aristocrats whose holdings sometimes exceeded those of royalty, and a church that would spawn two competing Popes...
...Pakistan's democratically elected government by General Pervez Musharraf [WORLD, Dec. 6], ending a checkered era of government rule plagued by graft, corruption and sectarian strife. The takeover cannot be condoned, but it must be admitted that the general saved Pakistan from impending social disorder. For democracy to sustain itself there must be a sound socioeconomic base and political leaders with an unblemished background. To expect a Western-style democracy in the region is naive. What is needed now is a restructuring of Pakistan's economy, which is a shambles. For a citizen who lacks the basic necessities of life...
...operate on the assumption that the University is not going to change its policies until they become too embarrassing to sustain," Offner says. But this tactic has its limits. The anti-sweatshop campaign won easier victories because it did not run counter to any set University rule and it required little effort on Harvard's part to comply...
...question gnawing at everyone is whether a company that already controls 51% of the world's soft-drink market can sustain Ivester's relentless strategy of pumping up sales 7% to 8% a year. "Coke has been this perpetual growth machine," says Ari Ginsberg, a management professor at New York University's Stern School of Business, "and now all this has happened...