More recent immigration from Asia and especially Latin America has added to a cultural mix that has been described as both a homogenizing melting pot, and a heterogeneous salad bowl in which immigrants and their descendants retain distinctive cultural characteristics.
Some taxa – Blanfordimys, Chionomys, Lasiopodomys, Neodon, Phaiomys – have indeed been split from Microtus because they retain distinctive and plesiomorphic morphological/caryological traits [ 33].
Through various transformations, his output retains a distinctive profile, formally taut and lit from within.
Despite these clear stylistic differences, "Subtle Bodies" retains two distinctive features of Rush's earlier fiction — romance and words.
Relocated to Orlando, the mummy retains the distinctive look that sets him apart from others of his kind.
The horseshoe-shape stadium retains its distinctive columns and graceful archways, as well as its classic semi-bowl shape.
Nevertheless, Alabamians and outsiders alike tend to agree that the state retains a distinctive way of life, rooted in the traditions of the Old South.
But compared to some other US-based Chinese authors, whose prose reads as though it was rewritten wholesale by American editors, she retains a distinctive voice.
It has now been redecorated, but retains a distinctive feel, while stocking a generous supply of titles from across the board.
One section, in a remodeled Art Deco department store with high-ceilinged rooms, retains a distinctive vintage feel both in design and fittings.
