Word: retained
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...decided to move off-campus this fall. When he returned to campus, he was surprised and a little wounded when his swipe card was canceled, preventing him from getting into storage and to extracurricular meetings within Houses. Harvard policy allows all students who move off campus retain their swipe access. Pearlman says that the default appears to be that students must request to have their access maintained...
...Washington. Million-dollar lofts are being built along the Detroit River. Homicides are down by 17%, and non-fatal shootings have dropped by 9% in the last year. Kilpatrick sliced the city government's job rolls from about 21,000 to 13,800. He cut property taxes partly to retain what remains of the city's middle class...
...officials are counting on Musharraf to retain control over the military--Pakistan's most powerful institution--even if he gives up his uniform to keep the presidency. "The hope is that Musharraf will continue to influence policy in the war on terror as President," says the official. That may be wishful thinking. Lieut. General Hamid Gul, a former head of Pakistani intelligence, says the Americans are "naive" for thinking that Musharraf will have any clout once he steps down as military chief or that Bhutto will be able to control the army as Prime Minister. "The Pakistani army...
...dictator's popularity. More than a dozen parliamentarians from Musharraf's own party have defected to Sharif's faction, and Bhutto's PPP is also fracturing over the prospect of supporting Musharraf. Even with Bhutto's backing, it is no longer certain that Musharraf could muster the votes to retain the presidency. "He is in a shoestring situation," says Iftikhar Gilani, the former Law Minister under Bhutto. "He needs each vote, and he doesn't have a clear majority. Once he starts counting the votes, he will realize that he will not have enough, and will have to stand down...
...class, alienated by the imposition of a more Islamic social order. In Isfahan angry citizens reportedly burned police buses used to round up flouters of "Islamic" dress. In Shiraz 2,000 university students demonstrated against new dress restrictions. It's hard to see how Ahmadinejad and his supporters will retain control of parliament in next spring's crucial elections. But "the hard-liners would rather rule over a population that fears them than one that likes them," explains my friend Karim Sadjadpour, an associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace...