The fiction of equality could not be maintained once power passed down to the emperor's closest male relative.
That is the lowest level in 45 years, and most economists consider it impossible to maintain once the economy regains its footing.
Others are altogether less sure whether momentum can be maintained once the circus has left town and political focus has dulled.
One question raised by yesterday's appointment is how close a professional relationship they will maintain once Mr. Doctoroff leaves city government.
In Rochester, Minn., the President maintained once more that his economic policies are working and that his tax program "encouraged consumption".
Last month, Clarke and her colleagues filed a motion for a retrial, maintaining, once again, that the case should not have been tried in Boston.
"The genius of England is universally admitted to be of an eminently enterprising and speculative character," maintained Once a Week magazine, a popular Victorian rag.
The authorities maintained, once again, that the majority of killings were carried out by drug dealers, but Amnesty International believes security forces were heavily implicated, and bemoans the lack of any proper investigation of what went on.
Accomplishment needs to be maintained once its established.
Too frequently, however, studies report that the effects of interventions targeting those factors are not maintained once interventions are withdrawn.
