Word: maintain
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Bush's broad appeal to voters of all stripes is still his biggest asset. But it takes a lot of energy to maintain. Bush has stretched himself so thin to span the issues that his support tends to be shallow; voters who like him often can't say why. But if his ideology--a dab of conservatism here, a touch of moderation there--remains difficult to pin down, that is precisely the idea. His self-styled New Republican approach continues to draw supporters from across his party's ideological spectrum. By emphasizing issues like education, for example, Bush is attracting...
...future? If benign Christian institutions and the capacity to believe in a God who loves his creation should weaken fatally, if the artistic inspiration of the figure of Jesus should wane--as it has in some of the West today--are the existential promises of his teaching sufficient to maintain a world faith? What else has he to offer a ferociously diverse but rapidly shrinking planet...
...just need to keep everyone together and maintain our focus," he said. "Columbia will be tough. But our goal is to ultimately compete for the National Championship, so in that sense, [Saturday's match] will be just another meet...
...Agricultural subsidies Europe and Japan continue to heavily subsidize their farmers, making those markets less competitive for food exporting countries such as the U.S., Canada, Australia and Brazil. Although they'll find it difficult to maintain those subsidies in the face of WTO opposition, European and Japanese leaders are under intense political pressure from their domestic farming communities. They'll fight hard to slow the advance of agricultural imports into their markets, using arguments about food safety and consumer protection...
...maintain that a large part of the population is condemned to failure from the outset would require a ruthlessness that Americans cannot muster except in jest (which might be why American comedy is largely about outrageous losers, like Kramer, Dilbert and Homer Simpson...