"I'm never going to be a size two [UK size six] but I do try to maintain a certain look that appeals.
Ronald Reagan did try to maintain his privacy when he had surgery for colon cancer in 1985, but then wrote an open letter to the American public when he was found to have Alzheimer's disease in 1994.
"And tell me," he wrote to Burger, "when one is being frogmarched by life, does one giggle or does one try to maintain as much dignity as possible?" If Vonnegut's German experience shaped his folksy, confidential style, which made readers feel he was looking them in the eye, it also created the gaps in his spirit that were filled by addictions – alcohol and nicotine – and by bouts of depression.
Don't hunch your back as you do this — try to maintain the natural arch.
"The only advantage I had running in Beijing was that I did not try to maintain my same training schedule," Tom told me.
Once President Mubarak is gone, and if his minions don't try to maintain the military dictatorship, a quick transition to democracy is likely to produce a plethora of parties, with a few in position to form a coalition.
In "Showbiz Moms & Dads," though, the filmmakers don't try to maintain a cool distance from their adult subjects; when it comes to the way parents treat their children, judgments are impossible to avoid.
How much of his legacy do they try to maintain?
What made me feel a little better, more normal, or more like a good parent, was a blog I read by F. Diane Barth, LCSW, who among other wise words, said that "The most important thing you can do is try to maintain a communication loop with your college freshman".
Once you have reached a new high for your personal record, do not try to maintain this number for every workout.
