Word: retained
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Canada, as in Britain, memebers of the House of Commons may retain their seats while serving in the armed services, attend sessions whenever leave from military duties permits...
...this period, Harvard staged a rally to go ahead 15 to 14 with only a few second left to the half. The sailors dropped in a basket just before time ran out, to retain their lead at the intermission...
Politicians and Kings. Teheran doomed Rumania's hopes that it could: 1) retain its prewar frontiers; 2) win Anglo-U.S. political support against the Soviet Union. Now, Bucharest must think again and think fast. It must find an alternative regime and spokesman which will satisfy the U.S., Britain-and Russia...
...women soldiers. It also came from the new or transplanted war factories. Russian engineers performed miracles in expanding production, modernizing old weapons, creating new ones. Russia's Katusha antedated the U.S. bazooka, the German rocket gun. New, high-velocity, armor-piercing shells enabled the Red Army to retain anti-tank guns once thought too light to tackle the German Tiger...
...political miracle, it now seemed certain that Congress will definitely not vote the high taxes which the Administration demands. The best that the Administration can hope for on subsidies, due to expire Dec. 31, is a 60-day postponement of the battle, followed by a compromise which would retain some subsidies, kill others off cold...