Word: sustaining
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Only the U.S. could even attempt the job of disarmament. The French and Italian troops would never have the trust of the Somalis, given their colonial histories in the region. The U.N. is even more despised. In the eyes of most Somalis, U.N. aid programs helped sustain the dictatorial government of Mohammed Siad Barre, who was deposed in January 1991. Then, as the country slid into civil war, the U.N. declined to act. As anarchy and starvation accelerated, the U.N. agencies were conspicuously absent...
...Contemplating the small courtyard that still contains fragments of the boyhood home of Marco Polo, one wonders: Did memories of almost this same scene sustain the 13th century adventurer in his wanderings? Or was happiness for him always the sight of Venice in the rear-view mirror...
Russia is not the only part of the former Soviet Union to find the transition from totalitarian rule to democracy rocky. The new states have learned that it is not enough to establish a presidential form of rule if there are not local democratic traditions to sustain it. During the past year, new Presidents have been overthrown in the former republics of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Tajikistan. In the Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan, President Saparmurad Niyazov is reviving the tradition of the communist personality cult, complete with marching columns of youths dressed in T shirts emblazoned with his portrait...
DELL COMPUTER'S METEORIC RISE TO THE TOP ranks of the personal-computer industry has kept rivals wondering for some time how the manufacturer has managed to sustain its miraculous climb. Then a Wall Street analyst claimed he had the answer: the PC maker's ascent had less to do with miracles than with some sleight-of-hand accounting. In a blistering report to investors, David Korus of Kidder, Peabody charged that Dell accounted improperly for foreign- currency trades and suggested that currency speculation may have been used to inflate the company's profits. The report touched off a wave...
...successful campaign could really sustain the programs for 10 years or so," Miller said. "I think that the conventional wisdom is that colleges have to engage in campaigns every 10 to 12 years...