Word: retainers
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...depends on who’s elected President, and whether or not the Democrats retain control of the Congress,” he said...
...Mbeki, who had hoped to make a dignified exit from office and retain some of his legacy as a peace broker on the continent - where he has mediated conflicts in the Ivory Coast, the Democratic Republic of Congo and, most recently, Zimbabwe - has instead faced a string of humiliating defeats, and leaves office much diminished. The ANC, too, is likely to be weakened by its decision, which also seemed to suggest that Zuma is not necessarily in control of the coalition of forces within the party that brought him to power...
...finance, security and information, the power-sharing deal appears to have failed in its first test of goodwill. Analysts say the agreement was vague on who would actually have the upper hand in running the government, and Mugabe and his generals have left no doubt that they intend to retain control of the real levers of power. "I think the game plan is to assume that the MDC has been softened up enough [by the past months of violence]] to ensure that they don't really stray into the areas that the generals don't want them to stray into...
...Wisconsin’s offer.“Obviously, leaving Harvard is a very tough thing to do,” she said this summer. “But honestly, it wasn’t that hard of a decision because Harvard did very little to try to retain me, to keep me around, so it made it an easy decision for me.”Martin said she spoke often with Government department chair Nancy L. Rosenblum. But Smith and David M. Cutler, then divisional dean for the social sciences, did not approach her once about staying, she said...
...advantages of doing business this way, without a single author. By rotating writers, Scholastic can put out 39 Clues novels at Gatling-gun speeds: there will be a total of 10, a new one appearing every three or four months. Another advantage is that it allows Scholastic to retain ownership and control of the intellectual property they're selling. Harry Potter quickly made J.K. Rowling one of the richest women in the world. But Amy and Dan are company property. In the post-Potter world, publishers realize there's too much money at stake to risk letting a mere author...