Word: sustaining
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...real frustrating, trying to sustain a drive with all of those penalties," Cuccia said. Indeed, the Crimson offense was flagged 11 times, for infractions ranging from offensive pass interference to holding to the frequent illegal motion...
...claims. Nor should a President agonize after making a decision. If he does, it conveys doubt and insecurity and invites renewed assault. Most crises, says Kissinger, get worse with time and get bigger if only nibbled at instead of bitten off. Kissinger's conclusion: if Reagan can sustain his reputation as quick, tough and total, that reputation is not likely to be challenged...
...Venezuela's riches-$8 billion in foreign currency reserves, at least 18 billion bbl. in proven petroleum reserves-some observers are skeptical about the country's ability to sustain its good intentions toward its neighbors. Venezuela's own economic house is not totally in order. Unemployment is estimated at 12%, inflation at 15%. One reason for the economy's woes is that Herrera Campíns' predecessor, Carlos Andrés Pérez, encouraged a series of ill-advised state enterprises, such as steelmaking and air transport, that last year ran up losses estimated...
...hand to the other members." The members love the leader and share a common "illusion" that the leader "loves all the individuals in the groups with an equal love." Freud cited the Roman Catholic Church and the military as examples of cohesive groups in which this illusion works to sustain morale...
...funds for its construction, it nevertheless designated the rising structure a national aquarium in 1979. By July its three huge tanks were filled with almost 500,000 gal. of salt water (most of it synthetic, since the genuine briny from the Inner Harbor does not have enough salt to sustain many marine creatures) and were ready to receive the first of some 5,000 fish, mammals, birds and amphibians that the aquarium now contains. A hoped-for completion date of July 4 was not met, but last week, amid fish-shaped kites, an appearance by Roy Rogers and fireworks...