Word: keeping
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...Burden of Proof by Scott Turow. The blockbuster novel of the year is also one of the better, more intelligent reads. As he did in Presumed Innocent (1987), the author-lawyer hurls the human impulse to make trouble straight at the bloodless statutes designed to keep the peace. The impact is shattering, and the echoes remain long after the explosion is over...
...Maiziere protested his innocence, but there are some indications that Czerny could have been De Maiziere. Though he quit the government, De Maiziere vowed to keep his seat in parliament "and at the same time undertake everything in my power to clear up the suspicion...
Meanwhile Aristide faces a delicate balancing act: to keep his credibility with the masses, he must act quickly to institute reforms, but not at the expense of national unity. And while Aristide seems to enjoy the support of some of the military rank and file, there is no guarantee that its commanders will remain loyal...
Barbara's attempt to keep the spirit of peace and good cheer alive at a time of trouble is part of a long tradition. White House Christmases have often been bittersweet affairs. None was bleaker than the 1963 holiday, observed under the shadow of John F. Kennedy's assassination. Back in 1929, just a few weeks after the stock-market crash, Herbert Hoover's family was having Christmas Eve dinner when fire broke out in the west wing of the White House. As fire trucks clanged, Lou Hoover gathered her grandchildren and read them Christmas stories to calm their fears...
...worry about starving. We decided to store all the food we could get our hands on. Together our group had several thousand dollars in cash. So Imad began to buy up more supplies. He delivered food between midnight and 2 o'clock. On my computer we began to keep track of our provisions. Now we could tell how many cans of tuna we had, how many kilos of dry beans. We even factored in how much protein we had, how many calories. That computer gave us great comfort. By October we figured we had enough for nine months...