This was a long way from the tight control he'd maintained over his corridor pieces.
Authoritarian regimes would maintain control over certain aspects of internal affairs, like defense, and gradually turn over more responsibilities to an elected government.
That meant demand for Sensipar would not decline and Amgen would maintain control over pricing.
Under the bill, a consumer would "maintain ownership over the entire health record" and could control access to it.
Israel would maintain sovereignty over the Western Wall, and both parties would pledge not to excavate under Al Aksa Mosque, which is part of the sanctuary.
That would maintain leverage over Egypt's generals to transfer political power to a newly elected government without jeopardizing existing military contracts.
While he made sure that he would maintain control over his business — he is responsible for turning a profit and has some hiring and firing duties — he accepted that he would have limited say about the company's direction.
There were four major activities to ensure the counselors developed the skills to deliver the intervention with high fidelity and would maintain fidelity over time: (1) standardized training, (2) assurance of skill acquisition, (3) minimization of drift in skills, and (4) accommodating provider differences.
It is propped up by an electoral system of two-member constituencies, devised by Pinochet as one of several measures to ensure that the right, then a minority, would maintain a veto over change.
Moreover, the operating systems side would maintain its monopoly over Windows and the company's current goal of extending the operating system from the desktop environment it dominates into the world of servers and Internet devices -- "Windows for the world," as William H. Gates, Microsoft's chairman, calls the strategy.
