Word: retained
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Therein lies the Prime Minister's dilemma. To push through his agenda and crush his political enemies, he must retain his only weapon, his popularity. To do that, he has to ensure that the economy doesn't deteriorate any further, alienating his supporters. And yet, as he has himself predicted, reforms probably will make things worse. If you were Junichiro Koizumi, about now you'd be wishing your prophesies turn out just plain wrong...
...despised and Cobain’s suicide immediately followed his escape from a rehab center he was forced to enter by his friends and family. Through this repeated juxtaposition of struggle for personal control with self-harm, Cross paints a picture of a man would do anything to retain his control as a self-made Rock Star—even take his own life. And although it was true that Cobain truly wished to “burn out” rather “than to fade away,” his motivations for doing so were based upon...
...passed a measure of support last night for a pending state bill that would prevent Harvard’s properties in Watertown—and the properties of other nonprofit organizations—from receiving tax-exempt status. The resolution also calls for Healyto investigate ways that Cambridge can retain revenue from property purchased by currently tax-exempt organizations...
Another key position was that of the Provost. Summers will retain the position, resurrected under Rudenstine, but administrators say that the role of the provost under Summers is an open question. Summers began work on the search, and a some decision on the position was expected by mid-fall...
...grown from a rural grammar school in 1899 into a state university--it is what educators call a masters' institution--with 12,800 students, the school has worked hard to retain its cozy sense of community so that every student feels nurtured and challenged...