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To carry on; to maintain. To affirm, uphold or approve, as when an appellate court sustains the decision of a lower court. To grant, as when a judge sustains an objection to testimony or evidence, he or she agrees with the objection and gives it effect. sustain v. in trial practice, for a judge to agree that a question asked of a witness is objectionable. Thus, an attorney asks the witness a question, and the opposing lawyer objects, saying the question is "irrelevant, immaterial and incompetent," "leading," "argumentative," or some other objection. If the judge agrees he/she will rule "sustained," meaning the objection is sustained (approved) and the question cannot be asked or answered. However, if the judge finds the question proper, he/she will "over-rule" the objection. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This is not to understate the performance of our Airmen, maintainers, and sustainers who consistently yield theater operational availability and have done so magnificently since the mid-90s. This human institution must take into account the limited, human character of its founders and sustainers, and must make itself see the inconvenient, frightening connections between such things as southern Christianity and racism or nationalism. In considering the impact of their work, it is useful to think of Isom and Marvin as pioneers, individuals who were active at the beginning of something, and also as sustainers, individuals who engaged in the longer-term activity of building on an established foundation, adapting, and adjusting to changing conditions and demands over time. |
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