Word: sustained
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Thus did Arthur Vandenberg give notice of possible changes in U.S. policy. But its tenets, he emphasized most strongly, would remain: the U.S., "in enlightened self-interest, will do everything in its power to sustain organized international defense against aggression, to promote democracy and human rights and fundamental freedoms. ... We plot no conquests. We shall neither condone nor appease the conquests of others...
...London meeting Bevin still carried the ball for the West and Vandenberg was still dissatisfied with Byrnes. In his report to the Senate on the U.N. meeting, Vandenberg lavished praise on Bevin, Bidault and others, pointedly omitted any reference to Byrnes. Vandenberg then called on the U.S. vigorously to "sustain its own purposes and ideals on all occasions as Russia does." Jimmy got the point; at the same time Moscow's refusal to take its troops out of Persia was beginning to convince Byrnes that dealing with Stalin was not much different from dealing with Molotov...
...Allowances for patients' maintenance (less than $400 a year per patient) are barely enough to sustain life...
...opening ceremonies, the only reference to God was made by the President of the United States. Said Baptist Harry Truman at the close of his address: "May Almighty God, in His infinite wisdom and mercy, guide us and sustain us as we seek to bring peace everlasting to the world. With His help we shall succeed...
Physicians, says Alvarez, too often dismiss such patients as neurotic or hypochondriac, argue that a stroke is impossible without such classic signs as muscular weakenings or loss of feeling in parts of the skin. But Alvarez insists that the brain can sustain thousands of tiny strokes with no symptoms beyond changes in personality. Nothing can be done to cure such patients, he admits, but doctors can emphasize that strokes may be far apart...