Word: sustaining
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Bush's supporters, like Senator John McCain of Arizona, do not want to hear dissent about American strategy in the Gulf. "The issue," McCain says, "its not prerogatives, it is patriotism." But if there is any lesson from Vietnam, it is that patriotism alone will not long suffice to sustain public support...
Starting next year, Republicans will have enough votes in the Senate to sustain a gubernatorial veto. In the House, they will bring their numbers to 38. In a body of 160, that's still not a lot, but legislators say there is a block of new Democratic representatives who will be swayed by Weld's mandate as governor...
Rules of the Road: Obviously disappointed with his squad's inability to sustain an early 16-8 lead, Roby had an interesting method to explain his team's lack of execution and poor play...
...sustain or improve their life-styles, they had to borrow, and the environment favored borrowing," says Robert Dugger, chief economist of the American Bankers Association. That environment was fostered by aggressive financial institutions that hyped both credit cards and personal loans. As the debt burden has increased, so have personal bankruptcies, which have more than doubled since 1985, to more than 700,000 in the 12 months ending in June. Credit Counseling Centers of Novi, Mich., which advises troubled debtors, describes its typical client as a 44-year-old male with a monthly income of $2,208 who owes...
...effort to sustain profit margins, Geyer repeatedly imposed layoffs and other economies. Last week, however, when parent company president Robert Jelenic demanded yet another round of dismissals, Geyer warned that further cuts might damage the paper's news content and circulation. Employees were then treated to the unusual spectacle of a chief executive being sacked for fighting to retain jobs for the rank and file. Jelenic imposed the cuts himself, reducing the news staff from a onetime high...