Word: retained
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...herself for the same reason she delayed 15 years in selling the movie rights-an absolute deadlock with Hollywood over what the film should be like previous contracts would always fall apart at the same point: when L 'Engle insisted on a clause saying a movie Wrinkle had to retain the original's plot characters, and theme. This time around she secured the contract clause, so she was caught by surprise when the first complete script arrived in the mail...
Left unanswered was a very important question: How much influence would Begin permit Sharon to retain as a discredited but still influential member of the Cabinet? Sharon's relations with Begin are known to have deteriorated since the report was released two weeks ago. According to a friend, Sharon was "very insulted and frustrated" that Begin, who received an advance copy of the report, did not call his Defense Minister to offer either details or consolation. Sharon still says that he is returning to his farm in central Israel but will attend Cabinet meetings and undertake any assignment that...
Before Phills applies to medical school, however, there remain a few more tasks to be completed on the mat. The heavyweight champ hopes to retain his number-one ranking at this weekend's Eastern Wrestling Championships at Lehigh University, and earn a trip to the Nationals next month in Oklahoma City. Next year, he hopes to represent Canada in the 1984 Olympics...
...members advisory group agreed, however, to retain the option of closing any of its future sessions by majority vote, under what members termed yesterday as "special circumstances...
...times, it also reveals Tune's (or Sellars's, or Walsh's) flair. Tune and Twiggy dance on water, and a group of four elderly gentlemen occasionally appear singing an ironic refrain from an already performed song. The show must quicken and tighten its pace, though it should retain the gentle tone befitting Gershwin's consistently lovely music--the score includes "He Loves and She Loves," "How Long Has This Been Going On?" and "Kickin' the Clouds Away...