Word: maintained
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...exactly is Gore supposed to argue with that? When he launched his campaign last summer, he promised to maintain the fiscal discipline that the Democrats finally embraced when they agreed to balance the budget. While he would dip into the projected surplus to pay for his own health-care and poverty programs, he is not as free-spending as Bradley, whose health-care plan alone could consume most of the non-Social Security surplus for the next 10 years. The minute he matches Bradley's wish list, however, Gore opens himself to attack from Bush for reverting to the days...
...more powerful than the Braves. And while Atlanta does have a snorting, 225-lb. alpha male lefthander, John Rocker, in the bullpen, the Yankees can turn to the impeccable Mariano Rivera, whose career post-season record--28 games, two runs allowed--enables New York manager Joe Torre to maintain his equanimity. And it's Torre's almost preternatural calm that keeps the players happy, which keeps the Yankees winning, which keeps George Steinbrenner out of the picture, which keeps Torre...
There is increasing evidence that people who work the night shift pay a physiological toll as they depart from the basic time clock dictated by their circadian rhythms. They also have more frequent job-related accidents and have to struggle harder to maintain their at-work focus. And when workers suffer, companies suffer. Dr. Martin Moore-Ede, CEO of Boston-based Circadian Technologies and author of The Twenty-Four-Hour Society, observes that the firms that have chosen to "push it to the max get hit later by the hidden problem of fatigue, burnout and stress." Sometimes the results...
...comes a lot of opportunity--and a lot of power. Harvard can attract the best students, from every imaginable background, and admit them without regard to need or circumstance. It can entice the most promising and accomplished faculty with impressive salaries and a host of other benefits. It can maintain the nation's finest library system and still afford to keep its laboratories, dormitories, classrooms, and athletic and dining facilities in top condition. Taken together, these privileges--and make no mistake, they are privileges--allow Harvard to wield tremendous power...
...recent history is any indication, tomorrow's match up against a weak Dartmouth squad may be anything but a cakewalk for the Crimson. It struggled to maintain a 34-3 halftime lead against Fordham, and eked out a 13-6 win over Princeton on a last-second touchdown plunge...