While the militias' rapid rise to prominence worries many Baghdad residents from both sects, officials insist that the state retains primacy.
During the 1150s he was forced to accept the division of Sweden and Norway into separate ecclesiastical provinces, but he retained primacy over Uppsala (in Sweden).
The Byrne model, with the "man" retaining primacy over the "Super," was status quo from the late '80s into the late '90s, reflected in Dean Cain's portrayal on TV's Lois & Clark from 1993- '97 and the '90s animated Superman series.
The two big parties would retain their primacy, but no one can say which would benefit.
Though they will try to retain their primacy, a shift that pushes other states forward is likely to diminish the two states' disproportionate influence.
There is one question alone that you must ask yourself in order to establish whether the serious novel will still retain cultural primacy and centrality in another 20 years.
We hypothesized that variables affecting elk resource selection prior to wolves would retain their primacy in post-wolf models (1998 1999 through 2005 2006), but that the magnitude of each would change depending on its contribution to predation risk.
One recent study urges Washington to retain military primacy in East Asia and attempt to weaken the PRC.
He seems somehow to have effected a compromise in which both passion and family retained their primacy.
An even higher proportion of the world's poor people depend on it, as imported rice has displaced local crops in cities across Africa and the Caribbean over the last decade, even as the crop retained its primacy in Asia.
In uncertain economic times the American movie is retaining its primacy as one of the country's most robust exports.
