Word: sustain
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Venezuela) was still a heavy drain on foreign reserves. But Britain's Thorneycroft suggested a stronger remedy aimed to control U.S. inflation as well as help him at home. Said he: ''By importing more freely, you would both lower prices and at the same time sustain the reserves of the free world outside your shores...
...deplorable that TIME should print Professor Slichter's prediction that "creeping inflation is the least of three evils." Why should families living on fixed incomes be pauperized in order to sustain full employment and enrich organized labor? Surely it is more equitable to endeavor to stabilize prices even at the risk of some unemployment...
...setup (cases attributed to defective sperm were exceedingly rare). One astonishing statistic, suggesting factors introduced by marriage: while 10% of married women abort, only 1% of unmarried women do so. Also surprisingly uncommon (seven cases in 2,000) was injury as a cause of abortion. "Nearly all pregnant women sustain some type of external trauma and do not abort," says Dr. Javert...
...reaction was jubilant. Travel agencies were flooded with inquiries about transatlantic tours. But there were also a few cautionary notes. English newspapers warned against $2 haircuts, "and as for food," noted the Manchester Guardian, "you cannot, it seems, sustain life on less than about $1 a meal - even of the cheapest cafeteria type." Sighed the conservative Time and Tide: "Any British traveler arriving in New York with $280 in his pocket will soon discover just what poor relations we've become...
...sing"). On opening night last week, a big share of the applause went to Soprano Nilsson, who was compared to the great Kirsten Flagstad. But the star of the occasion was Rodzinski himself. Perched on a high stool in the pit, he mimed every emotion, sprang up repeatedly to sustain notes with sure baton sweeps. During breaks in the four-hour, 50-minute evening he changed dripping shirts, gave himself an alcohol rub, gulped