Word: retainers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mood to listen. The Communists have lost eleven by-elections since the municipal balloting last year, and under Marchais their share of the national vote dropped from 22% in 1978 to an estimated 13% now. If the party were to quit the government, however, the Socialists would retain an overwhelming legislative majority, and the Communists would be out in the cold, embroiled in a messy leadership struggle...
...then, do some Masters retain absolute control over tutor selection or give only a minimal role to students The answer most probably lies in Masters desire to preserve their sovereignty over their Houses Student input in tutor selection, says Davis, "is not an issue that transcends Masters" discretion [Choosing tutors] is one of the few rights that the Masters have It's the most important decision we make...
...feel like)," a child assumes that prayer is a part of learning. Finally, school prayer violates a fundamental assumption of American life, one that has something to do with privacy, something with freedom of speech, and something less codified and explicit: that one ought to be able to retain one's humanity without being made to feel a pariah in one's own country...
accept a one-time $1,500 payment and tear up union cards; retain union membership but agree to be moved to less sensitive jobs elsewhere; or acknowledge that starting March 1, anyone could be fired without compensation...
Founded in 1938, the NIT has been battling recently to retain its existence in the face of the expanding NCAA, whose 53 selections this year were the most ever. But several upsets in regional tournaments last weekend sent a few surprises to the NCAAs this year and several perennial powers--such as Notre Dame and Marquette...