Word: retainers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...trying as adequately as we can to represent the needs of the community...to give people a voice. Desperate attempts are being made to retain a dialogue and a respect for differing opinions," says Councillor Ed N. Cyr. "Cambridge has a long history of speaking out on issues of national concern. We are one of the voices the people have...
...easy to retain intellectual integrity when only certain thoughts are considered acceptable. In a dinner conversation recently, I expressed doubt about the need for an English department seminar called "Cross Dressing and Cultural Anxiety." ("A theoretical consideration of transvestism in literature, history, film, and popular culture from Shakespeare to Peter Pan...") Oops. Turns out I offended a gay man who had written extensively on the subject...
Stanford's Byer says that through "very cost-effective" means, the university can claim the indirect costs of research it is entitled and still retain competitiveness for grants. The school received more than $97 million in reimbursements for overhead expenses in fiscal 1990, according to Stanford Comptroller Franklin G. Riddle...
...Saddam Hussein, Iran is giving him hope that should he outlast the U.N. coalition, he can still retain some of his military muscle. By helping out Saddam, Rafsanjani is assuaging the feelings of radical Islamic factions within Iran's parliament, who are unhappy to see Iran ignore the pummeling of fellow Muslims by Western forces...
...economy continues to deteriorate and some of their co-workers look to get out of the business altogether, most cabbies do not see their prospects in an optimistic light. Still, a small minority retain hope for the future, when, they say, renewed financial stability will put them and their taxis back in gear. Cromwell counts himself in this group...