Word: sustainer
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...with sentences of pro forma praise for America's idealism followed by sentences that begin with But. In the end, the buts win: "American idealism remains as essential as ever, perhaps even more so. But in the new world order, its role will be to provide the faith to sustain America through all the ambiguities of choice in an imperfect world...
...National Rehabilitation Hospital and a polio survivor. "A motor neuron is no different. Neurons that normally drive 20 muscle cells in the polio patient may now have to supply up to 2,000 muscle cells. Basically, this is a demand that the motor nerves are not designed to sustain...
...that there was ample reason to apply drug laws to cigarettes. Wrote Kessler: "Although technology was developed years ago to remove nicotine from cigarettes and to control with precision the amount of nicotine in cigarettes, ((they)) are still marketed with levels of nicotine that are sufficient to produce and sustain addiction...
...play, both domestic and ideological are expertly crafted by O'Neill, he never achieves the necessary element of making us care. Until the last scenes, there is no movement, no reason to watch. The question of whether Lord Byron or Thoreau win in the end is not enough to sustain a drama. By the time resolution is ours, we have little interest in it beyond the academic...
...salad, Fulgencio Llanos the photographer, Rafael Beltran the teacher, Cesar Burgos the fisherman. The theme of funny little people with funny little lives and little dreams--Marta Rodriguez, a chambermaid in a hotel, dreams of leaving Mexico for El Paso and working in a house--was strong enough to sustain the story...