Word: retains
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Walsh supporters Russell, Sullivan and Toomey are Independents, as is Walsh himself, and Reeves relied on Independent votes this year to retain his post as mayor...
Riding up the elevator, Zeitels bumps into a former patient. The man had cancer in his vocal cords, but it was detected early enough to be removed with a special procedure, allowing him to retain his original speaking voice...
...five years ago or more, I think most Asian males fit the stereotype. We're part of the new generation of Asian men. We're well groomed. We take care of our bodies and yet retain our studiousness and ambition...
...experiments has followed suit. In Alamogordo, Inez Moncada, whom a 1987 cumulative vote turned into the 24%-Hispanic city's first Hispanic councilperson in decades, was re-elected handily in each subsequent vote. (The cumulative arrangement ended this year, however, and it remains to be seen whether she will retain her seat when the system reverts.) Peoria has had only one cumulative election, which created a black councilman...
Recent immigrants also retain the image of being dependent on welfare and the state for health care, Chishti said, but the stereotype is unfounded...