Word: retains
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...impossible in those circumstances to retain whatever little there was of the attitude that anybody is better, more significant, than anybody else," he says...
Weld's dry humility, spontaneous wit and uncanny ability to craft tri-lingual puns were not simply accouterments donned to retain his State House office. They have served him consistently from the Hasty Pudding to his battles on the Hill...
...Cochran's office. Pictures of George Bush, Newt Gingrich and other G.O.P. stalwarts stare down from the wall of Glenn's headquarters. But the support is not just the wages of bonhomie. Republicans know that as America becomes more ethnically diverse, they must attract more minority voters to retain the majority. "This is not about being the party of the moment but the party that looks ahead," says an aide to the Speaker, who made Glenn a delegate to a June White House Social Security summit...
India insists it will not join either treaty so long as they allow the nuclear haves to retain their warheads, missiles and development capabilities while banning the have-nots from acquiring anything. The treaties, says Vajpayee, are discriminatory and hypocritical. "Our hope," he said, "is that those nations that want to continue their nuclear monopoly will accept that the same rules should apply to all." Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs John Holum acknowledges that the treaties do have the unfortunate weakness of declaring, "Do as I say, not as I did." In fact...
Games however, does not welcome all of theattention his passion and resilience has drawn. Asa homosexual African American Republican, Gomeshas met tremendous political pressure to furtherhis minority associations. He has resisted. Gomeshas fought to retain his autonomy and independenceand he maintains with unabashed pride that theonly adjective in front of my name is "Christian...