Word: retainers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nelson and most of the other veterans still retain a special concern for Spain. He sees "a very hopeful situation there" because a variety of forces are weakening the fascists' power. Franco died two years ago, Basque and Catalonian nationalists oppose the central government, the Church has separated from the fascists, the trade union movement has gained strength, and the present government recently gave Communist party the legal right to exist...
...Standard. Now Sir Jimmy has struck at the other end of his London-Paris axis: for $6 million he has purchased a 45% share in L'Express, France's largest newsweekly. The magazine's founder, gadfly Publisher-Politician Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, and his family will retain 55% of the magazine's shares; but J.J. S.S. has given up the board chairmanship, and Goldsmith, as chief executive officer, claims he will have effective control...
Nabatoff said she has not yet made plans for the production. She added, however, that the cast will remain all-male to retain the show's unique appeal...
However, Fox said he hopes senior tutors will retain the old title internally...
Those who want to retain the Electoral College fear that direct elections could weaken the two-party system by encouraging minor party candidates and independents. Opponents also argue that big cities-and their minority groups-would lose some of their present political power. The cities now often decide how large states cast their electoral votes. In a direct vote, the cities would still have clout, but their relative power would decline. Then, too, small states and the less populated regions of the country would no longer be guaranteed a role-however minor-in determining who would live in the White...