Word: sustainers
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While Lincoln’s primary objective is to use his reporting to present those issues discussed in the previous paragraph, he takes some time at the end of the work to reflect upon the changes that he believes will be necessary to sustain the Ivy League and ward off a seemingly inevitable choice between two competing forces—big-time Division I and Division III. In the end, Lincoln comes to the conclusion that what is needed most is honesty. Rather than hide behind the AI and secretive admissions process, the presidents need to engage in an open...
...After seven Budget surpluses, during a time of buoyant revenues, Costello could have retired more debt and spent more on public investment that will sustain future growth - in infrastructure and human capital. Indeed, these surpluses have been slight exercises in prudence in an era of prosperity. Asset sales, such as the partial float of Telstra, have helped create the illusion of fiscal frugality. Other than two hard years of spending cuts to rein in Labor's excesses, Canberra has barely been squeezed. Compared with the hard, lean predators who dominated the Expenditure Review Committee in the Hawke-Keating years...
...Bush was then a private citizen) discussed Taiwan frankly and constructively. Six years later, Bush asked Deng to introduce him to the next generation of Chinese leaders, and in 1989?by which time Bush was President?he risked savage denunciation in the U.S. in his attempts to sustain relations with China while still imposing strict sanctions after Tiananmen...
...billion-dollar question is whether Chrysler can sustain the momentum on the 300 and its sister cars. The company is the king of one-hit wonders; its PT Cruiser won critical accolades, but Chrysler failed to capitalize with related models. The firm's loss of its innovation lead in minivans to Honda and Toyota is a legendary tale of Detroit arrogance. Chrysler's operating results have fluctuated sharply in recent years, leaving Wall Street skeptical that the firm's latest plan to introduce 25 new vehicles over three years will generate consistent profit growth. Chrysler executives say revenues from pricier...
They ground a plot that's full of logical inconsistencies and does not have quite enough completely compelling incidents to sustain its considerable length. But against these complaints you have to set the linear minimalism of its structure and its blessedly low-tech manner. This is a movie where the cops interrupt the action to pull over the cab for a minor infraction; where, best of all, LOW BATT starts flashing on the cell phone at a crucial moment. In other words, this is a movie that manages somehow to fuse ordinary reality and more or less believable fantasy...