Word: sustaining
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...surely is dispiriting to the soldiers who are engaged in it. If you're killing and risking death in a miserable faraway desert, you ought to be able to believe that your sacrifice is in a worthy cause. But whose fault is it if that belief is hard to sustain? Is it the fault of people who note that the cause is not worthy? Or is it the fault of the people who sent American soldiers into this distant desert in an unworthy cause...
...abduction, and Maestro, in which the aforementioned Hungarian animator goes behind the scenes of a cuckoo clock in 3-D. "It's satisfying to see something that's funny or dark and really short," says Gary Rydstrom, director of Lifted. "Those are both tones that are hard to sustain over a long period of time...
...debate on carbon emissions and climate change heats up [Jan. 29], I am amazed that a lot of discussions ignore overpopulation. We have been breeding like locusts, filling every available space and devouring all available resources. The planet simply cannot sustain such population growth. Tackling this problem raises difficult moral, ethical and sociological issues. But if we ignore it, the consequences for humankind are unimaginable...
...staying within eight points of Penn at 52-44 after Jim Goffredo nailed two free throws with 6:55 remaining in the game. But a 10-0 rally from the Quakers following Goffredo’s shots ended all hopes for the Crimson.Now comes the next step for Harvard: sustain this effort for seven minutes longer and get that elusive Ivy road win.“We won at Vermont and CCSU. The major challenge was to transfer this road toughness into an Ivy-league back-to-back,” coach Frank Sullivan said. “I think...
Thus the more Obama tries to avoid offending particular groups with “safe” arguments, the less likely it is that he will be able to sustain enthusiasm among his core followers. It would be a shame if he took this path; of all the candidates, Obama has the greatest ability to excite liberals with politically strong and courageous positions and still maintain the support of moderate Democrats and Independents. Indeed, I strongly believe that, if elected, Obama has great potential to unify this divided nation and become one of America’s truly great presidents...