Word: sustaining
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...After years of mere negligence and immobility, the president of the United States will use the prestige and power of his office to sentence millions of South Africans to a life of cruelty and injustice," said Rep. Norman Mineta, D-Calif. "The Congress and the American public will not sustain this indecent...
...sustain a veto, Reagan will need to pick up more than 20 votes in the Senate, where the sanctions bill passed by an overwhelming 84 to 14. The President hopes to win over some Senators by nominating Edward Perkins, a black career diplomat who is now U.S. envoy to Liberia, to be Ambassador to South Africa. Reagan is also counting on the European Community to implement milder measures. This week the twelve E.C. foreign ministers are scheduled to adopt a package of restrictions that would ban imports of South African coal, steel, iron ore and gold coins...
...over the long haul? Sponsors of the Boston program have already collected $4 million toward their $5 million goal. The participating companies hope to raise an additional $150,000 to $200,000 annually. Says New England Life's Phillips: "That amount plus interest income from the $5 million will sustain the fund." Whether the Dallas program will be as well supported remains to be seen. By week's end about 30 still had no benefactors. But Elaine Farrell, a board member of STEP who helped bring Lang to Dallas, is confident. "We know we can make it work," she says...
Slowly the dark side emerged. San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury, the communal temple of flower power, became a seedy slum of strung-out addicts. Heroin sent urban crime soaring as addicts stole to sustain their habits. For many college students, LSD became a bad trip...
...current device, many believe, should be used to sustain a patient until a natural heart can be transplanted. About a dozen such operations have been performed in the U.S. Some experts argue that the need for a permanent implant is waning as heart transplants have become increasingly successful and the criteria have been broadened to accept previously rejected candidates. Indeed, notes DeVries, the last five patients referred to him as potential recipients of permanent artificial pumps have been given transplants. He remains convinced of the need for a permanent artificial device. With FDA permission for three more operations...