Word: retained
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...whenever the material becomes unduly artful or calculated, its stars rescue it. All give measured performances, and together they form a wonderful ensemble that aids Miller's purposes: basketball teammates, even a quarter of a century after their last game, can establish and retain relationships as close, demanding and forgiving as those in any family...
...unable to retain full impressions about the characters and the story. The devices rob the scenes of any potential success, because they lack focus. The movie leaves one feeling force-led. But The Wedding Party is difficult to digest. It would have been better to leave this film alone--instead of bringing these acting skeletons out of the closet...
...public unrest." The punishment for the new crime: up to three years in prison. In addition, it is illegal to "collect" antistate publications; under martial law it was only illegal to print or distribute them. Similarly, the routine tapping of telephone conversations will be suspended. But the government will retain the right to tap phone calls at its discretion, and is now permitted, for the first time, to use tape recordings of those conversations as evidence in trials...
...missionaries even allow male converts who have more than one wife to retain their spouses. The Dillingers reason that to banish all but the first wife would disrupt the tribal culture and cause prostitution. Unmarried converts, however, may take only one wife after joining the church...
...that is so, why does the P.R.I, retain such massive support? One reason is the fear of a return to political instability. Another is the party's permeation of daily life. Says a foreign analyst: "Every sector of society owes, and is owed to." Equally pervasive is a traditional respect for authority, which is channeled into support of the P.R.I. Despite the periodic calls for a truly competitive party system and the strains imposed by the current economic crisis, that combination of factors makes continued P.R.I, control one of the few sure things in Mexico's future...