What was unusual was the relative loss of life years in the Netherlands before, in the period 1980 2000: if the Netherlands had maintained its position slightly before France, female life expectancy at age 65 was 2 years higher than it is in 2009.
Mr. Chiluba had maintained in unsworn testimony before the Lusaka magistrate, Jones Chinyama, that he had never stolen public money.
Before, the military had maintained that a different skin color would make them stand out and hurt unity.
Before the Guterma fiasco, the network had maintained its reputation for running a strong news organization.
NSC-DMG had maintained only two accelerographs, i.e., DMG and KKA, in and around Kathmandu valley before 2014, and KKA would have been considered as a reference site.
Since coming to power in 1997, the Blair government has maintained that before advocating the euro, it would consult the nation in a referendum and will put the euro to five economic tests, essentially centering on how Britain's economy would fare if euros replaced pounds.
The White House has maintained since before Oct. 1 that enrollment would accelerate as the first deadline approached for health insurance that will be in effect in 2014, based on the experiences with Massachusetts' landmark health care reform program in 2007 and the launch of the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit.
She has maintained this for years, long before the idea became mainstream.
All the banks that worked with Parmalat in the time before its bankruptcy have maintained that they were fooled by the company's falsified accounts, just as tens of thousands of Italian investors were.
Southwest has maintained an average operating margin (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization as a percentage of revenue) of 18%.
