Word: retained
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...Given that the current U.S. force has been unable to curb sectarian killings, it's unreasonable to expect that a reduced U.S. troop presence would stop Sunnis and Shi'ites from killing one another. But even with a significantly smaller footprint, the U.S. would retain sufficient firepower on the ground and in the skies to guard against others trying to intervene. After a majority of U.S. troops depart, a military presence of some size will still be needed - not so much to referee a civil war, as U.S. forces are doing now, but to try to keep it from expanding...
...employees were making important housing decisions," says Qi Wilson, a Chevron spokesperson. The company, like many employees, decided the north shore offered better security should another hurricane strike, along with fewer of the post-Katrina headaches that still plague the city. The move "will make it easier to retain the talent we have, and to attract new talent," Wilson says...
City officials have done little to dissuade them, Petrie says. "We are doing nothing to try to retain business," he says. "We are too focused on getting help from the federal government, which I agree we need. But the business community has offered to work with the city and the state, and we're getting no response...
Donna Addkison, Nagin's chief economic advisor, disagrees. The administration "very actively pursues opportunities to attract, retain and grow businesses that are already located in Louisiana," she says. "There are over 16,000 businesses in the city, and I can tell you that this calendar year we have made 16,079 contacts with businesses. Sometimes our efforts may not be successful, because there are overwhelming business reasons that will lead them to make that decision [to leave]. But we do try very hard to make sure that businesses are aware of the federal, state and local incentives that...
...totally adored him," says Lila Hicks, 32, a media producer, of the investment banker with whom she ended a seven-year romance not long ago, deciding life with him would be too limiting. "But I wasn't happy. I didn't think I could make him happy and retain my spirit, what makes me shine." Shawna Perry, an emergency-medicine doctor in Jacksonville, Fla., recently ended a 10-year relationship with a man whom she loves but feels is behind her in personal and professional growth. "His ups and downs were affecting our relationship and my security," she says...