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Word: retainers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...President simply because he is President or because their idle minds have been overwhelmed by one of his sentiment-laden speeches. For the man who used law-and-order as the pillar of his first campaign to now become the symbol of lawlessness is inexcusable hypocrisy, and to retain faith in him is absurd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 3, 1973 | 12/3/1973 | See Source »

...aridity of a new spartan state? Hardly. Even the alarmists have not called for a return to Puritan self-denial. America, even under the most severe pressure, remains a singularly capacious land. Its ability to provide its population with necessities - and even luxuries - is unique. But it cannot retain that capacity without a more realistic society of consumers - a society that accepts its new responsibility to curb its habits; recognizing that the good life is not based on quantity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The (Possible) Blessings of Doing Without | 12/3/1973 | See Source »

...were making progress. General Yariv proposed a compromise formula that could lead to a settlement. Under the plan, Israel would withdraw its forces from the west bank entirely, thereby freeing the Egyptian Third Army to retreat to the west bank of the canal. The Egyptians would be permitted to retain a limited force on the east bank, and the Israelis would pull back about six miles eastward into the Sinai. U.N. troops would take up positions between the two sides; Egypt would reopen the Suez Canal, and Israeli shipping would receive free passage through the canal for the first time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Sandstorm at Kilometer 101 | 12/3/1973 | See Source »

...plan retains two provisions of the Kraus Plan which the Union opposed during its strikes. The new plan still calculates need according to parental assets, and departments still retain the option to fund students $1000 below their calculated need so as to free funds for students seeking scholarships on the basis of merit...

Author: By Geoffrey D. Garin, | Title: Another Plan At Grad School | 12/1/1973 | See Source »

...companies are also required to retain a three day supply of the low sulfur fuel for emergency use in the event of dangerous pollution levels caused by adverse weather conditions...

Author: By Sarah K. Lynch, | Title: Easing of Pollution Laws Will Raise Sulfur Levels | 11/30/1973 | See Source »

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