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Nibali Retains Giro d’Italia Lead Rigoberto Uran of Colombia won the first big mountain stage of the Giro d’Italia, and Vincenzo Nibali of Italy finished third and kept the overall lead.

From New York Times • May 15, 2013

Retains promise at 20 after skipping senior year at San Diego High School and bombing in Japan.

From Chicago Tribune • Jun. 22, 2011

Among other tactics, the group: -- Retains public relations powerhouse Hill and Knowlton to help shed the church's fringe-group image.

From Time Magazine Archive

Kelso Retains His Stars The Senate voted 54 to 43 to allow Admiral Frank Kelso, the Chief of Naval Operations, to retire with his four stars and full pension.

From Time Magazine Archive

For me, I lie Languidly in the shade, where the thick turf, Yet virgin from the kisses of the sun, Retains some freshness, and I woo the wind That still delays its coming.

From Poems by Bryant, William Cullen