Word: sustains
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...police handle rape well, and for myriad reasons. The most obvious being that this type of criminal investigation is all that the police department does. They are a law enforcement body charged with the responsibility to uphold and sustain criminal laws and to investigate, pursue and detain all who violate this code. The Ad Board, in contrast, is composed of individuals who split their time between administration and discipline within the College. An Ad Board member could conceivably spend his entire day grappling with the overcrowded Houses and then shut down his computer and rush...
...there is one sacrifice that Harvard can--and should--make to its reputation that would work to the benefit of its community: Acknowledge that rape happens at Harvard and release information disclosing the crime and punishment, but not the names of those involved. That way, the Ad Board can sustain its badge of anonymity while still addressing and finally confronting an epidemic that preys upon the Harvard campus...
...Crimson could not sustain its lead for even a minute, however. The Bears pressed forward on the attack immediately after the Harvard goal and tied the game when Brown defender Cassie Turner set up Bear center Courtney Johnson in the right side of the crease...
...their introductory pages, both authors argue that birding is more than a pleasant way to spend time outdoors. Birders, they say, tend to evolve into conservationists, eager to protect the habitats that sustain avian life. This may be preaching to the choir, but these guides should attract some eager new singers...
...with silences--unforced, often inarticulate emotions. Above all, he doesn't push his material beyond its naturalistic limits. He doesn't sentimentalize it or melodramatize it. He trusts the fact that he's exploring a relationship not much studied in the movies--the bond between brother and sister--to sustain our interest. He is content to keep his frame and his comic, angry surprises small. Yet a great intensity results from this steady, persistent compression. Maybe these lives are, objectively speaking, inconsequential. But they have a resonance that big, sappy "relationship" pictures ought to envy...