Word: retainers
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Once apprehended, killers sometimes go to extraordinary lengths to retain their status. Donald Leroy Evans, a Mississippi murderer who is facing trial for strangling a prostitute in Florida, claims a toll of more than 70 victims. But few believe he's killed nearly that number. In fact, Evans wrote to another serial killer, Henry Lee Lucas, who is imprisoned in Texas, asking for details of some of his crimes so that Evans could take credit for them. Evans' deeds have earned him his own trading card. Notes his lawyer: "He has a card. He's real proud of that...
Baer also believes that Mexicans fear the violence they see around them and will work hard to submerge it. "They are afraid of themselves," she says, "so they are going to control themselves." If the country is to retain the confidence of overseas investors -- mainly American -- who provide the capital essential for growth, it must demonstrate its ability to maintain stability. L. Kip Smith, president of the American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico, says that will happen because of "the foundation that has been built, the spirit of the people, the desire for progress." More concretely, David West...
Taylor will also have a new title: theassociate conductor of choral activities. Jamesonwill retain his current job title and continue toconduct the Glee Club and the Collegium Musicum,in addition to leading the Radcliffe group...
...hospitals have abandoned the use of the word "merger" to describe their joint venture, the Globe reported, reflecting a decision to retain more of their independence and individual identities...
...said he does not retain much hope for quickchange on the matter...