Word: sustaining
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...times the Crimson was able to bring the play to the opposite end and sustain some pressure on the Loyola goaltender, the action was restricted to the perimeter. Harvard could not find a seam in the defense to break through and get quality shots on goal...
...store manager does not think that bakeries alone will sustain the Armenian influence in greater Boston...
...think it will be important for us to forge and sustain a set of faculty relationships across the University," Moore said. "We will have to have enough conversations with one another so we get an idea of what the field as a whole looks like...
...weeks or so before the ice breaks up. This year, says Kooyman, the ice near Franklin Island broke up in mid-December, two weeks before the fledglings were ready to embark, probably dooming the juveniles to an early death. The story is a reminder of the thin margins that sustain life, even for creatures as durable as the emperor penguin, which has thrived for millions of years in the harshest climate on earth...
...most important question to be answered about Choice Plus is whether it can really keep costs affordable, sustain the plan against political opposition and improve levels of medical care and service. The omens are good: 1997 bids from medical groups came in at an average cost per patient per month that was 8.5% lower than B.H.C.A.G. had anticipated. But these estimates are basically guesses. If they are wrong, the companies as self-insurers will pay the difference between actual costs and premium revenues out of their own pockets. That will not bankrupt Pillsbury or Honeywell, but it might sour them...