Sentence examples for preserved the system from inspiring English sources

In Chicago, Rose and Andrews say, the elder Daley updated and preserved the system by creating a modern machine that combined "big labor and big capital, blue and white collars, and minorities" — a hybrid model that died with him.

Badeni managed to induce parliament to accept a compromise franchise bill that introduced qualified universal male suffrage but preserved the system of class voting (a fifth curia was even added).

That, he said, means there are more people with an interest in preserving the system.

To preserve the system for the long term, we must change the way first-time benefits are calculated.

"I think that she wanted to preserve the system even in the face of that," Mr. Marty said.

I prefer dealing with moral hazard later; preserving the system — and society — must now have top priority.

Despite their rejection of the presidential vote, the opposition leaders have all expressed a commitment to preserving the system.

They do not believe, as Rafsanjani believes, in a China option for Iran: the possibility of normalizing relations with the U.S. and preserving the system.

Between the speeches, the extremes of both ends of political spectrum were curbed and governing elites began to circle their wagons to preserve the system.

Atrianfar praised his "polite interrogators," said he was proud of his own "defeat," and spoke of the paramount importance of "preserving the system" in Iran.

Encircled by American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, besieged from within by disgruntled citizens, the supreme leader has turned to a bellicose strongman to preserve the system that elevated him.