"It's a question of whether we can always maintain them at that level".
"It struck a chord that they asked him to maintain them at all and to maintain that heritage".
It requires significant investment to psychologically condition suicide bombers, equip them and to maintain them at the pitch of commitment necessary for them to carry out their mission.
That means the network must use more processing power simply to measure performance and send messages to all the computers to maintain them at the slowpoke's speed.
There is some mealy-mouthed language about forbidding executive bonuses that encourage "excessive" risk, and banks aren't allowed to raise their dividends (although they can maintain them at present levels).
They made a manifesto pledge to abolish university tuition fees within six years and then, once in government, Liberal Democrat ministers voted to maintain them at a higher level.
Although stabilising nominal home prices would help short-circuit the debt-deflation dynamics now under way, any effort to maintain them at unrealistically high levels (where they still are in many cities) is likely to fail.
But given the slowdown in the American economy, it is the reaction of our investors to American equity holdings that is worthy of note.While three of them, including Lehman Brothers, take a dim view of the prospects for American shares, the other four have either marginally increased their allocations, or have maintained them at the same levels as in the previous quarter.
Previously, the Fed had said it would keep borrowing costs low for an "extended period" but the commitment to maintain them at an exceptionally low level led to three members of the policy-making open market committee dissenting from the decision, the first time this has happened for almost 20 years.
Previously, the Fed had said it would keep borrowing costs low for an "extended period" but the commitment to maintain them at an exceptionally low level led to three members of the policymaking open market committee dissenting from the decision, the first time this has happened for almost 20 years.
