Word: retainers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Those opposing the firing include President Pusey and M. I. T. President Howard W. Johnson, who together sent a telegram to all nine councillors asking them to retain Sullivan. "Now, as never before, we need stability and continuity in the administrative branch of city government," it said...
...colorless, odorless nerve gases that can kill or incapacitate humans within seconds. Last year President Nixon included such gases in his ban on the U.S.'s "first use" of chemical and biological weapons. But he is obviously determined to retain stockpiles big enough to counter the Russians, who are well armed with the weapons. In fact, thousands of tons of nerve gas, packed in bombs, rockets or artillery shells, are still secretly stockpiled at U.S. bases round the globe. And that fact alone is bound to cause an uproar whenever civilians living near a base hear that gases...
...Harman contends that a fifthgrade education is inadequate. Furthermore, he maintains that there is no assurance that an individual will retain even that insufficient level of education...
...other automakers either have introduced or intend soon to bring out their own subcompacts. They have not been quite so explicit as G.M., but they also have strongly suggested that their little models will retain basically the same styles for several years. G.M. expects Vega sales in the first twelve months to approach 400,000 cars, but if they fall seriously short of that mark, the company could be stuck with a losing model for quite a while. Still, Vega ads promise: "If you like the 1971, you'll like the 1975," and, "Once it comes...
Unless the U.S. takes a stand in the Middle East strong enough to scare off the Russians-and few expect that they will be easily scared-the Israelis feel that they have only three options: 1) to retain the present borders and hope for the best; 2) to compromise and seek a peace arrangement; or 3) to mobilize and strike hard and fast with the aim of destroying the Egyptian armed forces before the Soviets can bring in sufficient reinforcements...