Word: upkeep
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...added that it was an "unfortunate situation" that could be remedied only by the University providing regular employees for the upkeep of large masters' residences...
...some revision of its governmental structure. The city is really part of a tristate region and thus has a problem unique among American municipalities. Many of its most affluent commuters live in Connecticut and New Jersey and do not pay their fair share of taxes for the city's upkeep. They are determined to keep it at a distance; yet its problems continue to spread and will ultimately engulf them...
Each year, the approximately 40 team members, have had to pay at least $20 in dues towards ammunition and upkeep. In the past, the team has elected not to enter Ivy League competition because travel costs would be too steep...
...land. One turned a critical eye toward what he considers an inequitable arrangement; others defended it, suggesting that a tacit Harvard-Fly Club agreement allows the club to use the land in return for maintaining it, an agreement they say benefits Harvard by sparing it substantial upkeep costs...
...official visit to Mexico last week aboard the royal yacht Britannia. Meanwhile, back in Britain, some of her more disgruntled subjects in the House of Commons were wondering how much longer the country can keep her ship of state afloat in the style to which it has become accustomed-upkeep of the Britannia alone averages $19,000 a day. At issue was the Queen's request for an increase, from $2.3 million to $3.3 million, in the Civil List, the government-provided allow ance for the royal household. Although Parliament balked before approving a 50% raise for the Queen...