By the time of the 2008 election Obama had become a sort of racial O-negative, a fragile position he could maintain only so long as circumstance coöperated.
During the chaotic period following the collapse of the Han empire, China was able to maintain only a loose hegemony over Manchuria.
explaining fans' desire to have the Yankees maintain only a two-run lead over Toronto last Monday, enabling Mariano Rivera to enter and break the career saves record.
The attack happened in Dogon Dawa, a village deep in the pasturelands of Kaduna State, where police and security forces maintain only a light presence.
Even with these reductions, DoD will maintain only a 1-to-1 deployment to dwell time ratio, which is well short of DoD's standards and will continue to cause stress and strain on the troops and their families.
Room rates in Manhattan have been so high in recent years that the hotel industry has had to maintain only a 60percentt average occupancy rate to remain profitable, industry experts said.
On Friday, the State Department of Water Resources said it would deliver just 15percentt of its promised contracts, a level it was able to maintain only because of the recent spate of rain.
Mr. Li also stressed the significance of the socialist fine arts tradition the P.L.A. helps to maintain — "Only China is still doing this," he said, suggesting that outsiders might find value in that.
Indeed, no matter what Facebook allows us to do, I have found that most of us can maintain only around 150 meaningful relationships, online and off — what has become known as Dunbar's number.
Likewise, WikiLeaks and its leader, Julian Assange (who is currently still holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London), maintain only shadowy presences in the United States; it will be difficult for the plaintiffs in the case to serve these defendants and force them to appear in the Manhattan federal court where the case was brought.
The supply of oxygen to the mitochondria at an adequate rate is a critical function of the respiratory system, because the cells maintain only a limited store of high-energy phosphates and of oxygen, whereas they usually have a reasonable supply of substrates in stock.
