Word: retains
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...life. Vacation had blended into fall and Indian summer while the students waited for school to start. Leaves turned brown and fell to the ground. For 34 school days, nearly all Levittown's teachers had been on strike over wages, job security, fringe benefits, and their desire to retain special programs in the curriculum. Only that morning they had agreed to end the longest teacher strike...
Henry Rono, a 29-year-old junior at Washington State and a native of Kenya, is the two-time defending champion and is favored to retain his title. Currently considered the top distance runner in the world, Rono holds four world records in track--the 10,000-meter, the 5000-meter, and the 3000-meter, along with the 3000-meter steeplechase...
...transition to black rule. The provisional accord Smith signed this spring with three black moderates--Bishop Abel Muzorewa, Reverend Ndabaningi Sithole and Jeremiah Chirau--guarantees whites a 28-member bloc in the future parliament, enough seats to block any constitutional changes. An equally significant clause promises that whites will retain control of the national army, police force, and civil service for at least ten years. Blacks will get the vote on an unrestricted basis for the first time in Rhodesian history, but the rest of the agreement makes one wonder what they will be able to do with that vote...
...Harvard's finest moments came soon after. With eight minutes to go, and the game in the balance, (Yale had just missed a field goal) Brownie hit Horner 30 yards upfield to retain possession. Following a 14-yd. screen run by Polillio, and a pass to Horner at the 5, Harvard pulled within seven points. The score came on a brilliant catch by John MacLeod with 5:51 left...
...good thing. Mechanisms are needed whereby excellence in teaching is considered in tenure appointments." Donald also notes the isolation of many undergraduates from faculty contact. "I worry about the invisible students in this community," he says, and points to universities such as Princeton, Johns Hopkins or Yale that retain research stature while placing more emphasis on undergraduate teaching...