Through the support of the Western bloc ( most Western countries continued to recognize the ROC as the sole legitimate government of China ), the Republic of China on Taiwan retained China's seat in the United Nations until 1971.

The third earl ( a member of the Conservative Party ) retained his seat in the Lords as one of the hereditary peers to remain under an amendment to Labour's 1999 House of Lords Act.

Malenkov still remained a powerful figure, and he retained his seat in the Presidium.

By the 9th century BC, the Kingdom of Israel, once united under King Solomon, was divided into the northern Kingdom of Israel and southern Kingdom of Judah, which retained the historic seat of government and focus of the Israelite religion at the Temple in Jerusalem.

Since the Elector of Bavaria retained his seat, the number of electors increased to eight ; the two Wittelsbach lines now sufficiently estranged so as not to pose a combined potential threat.

While some might argue that, by this logic, humans should also express hairy shoulders given that these body parts would putatively be exposed to similar conditions, the protection of the head, the seat of the brain that enabled humanity to become one of the most successful species on the planet ( and which also is very vulnerable at birth ), was arguably a more urgent issue ( axillary hair in the underarms and groin were also retained as signs of sexual maturity ).

Following boundary changes, Major became Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Huntingdon in 1983 and retained the seat in the 1987, 1992 and 1997 general elections.

Askin retained his seat with 63. 35 %.

Askin retained his seat with 71. 09 %.

Askin retained his seat with 72. 53 %.

Askin retained his seat with 70. 97 %.

He attempted to re-enter Parliament at the Warrington by-election in 1981 but Labour retained the seat with a small majority.

Placed second on the Kadima list, Mofaz retained his seat in the 2009 elections, but lost his cabinet position after Likud formed the government.

In the wake of Benjamin Disraeli's victory, Gladstone retired from the leadership of the Liberal party, although he retained his seat in the House.

He retained his seat in the Commons until 1895 ; he was not offered a peerage, having declined an earldom on earlier occasions.

He retained his seat on the CPC Politburo Standing Committee until 2002.

After his term as the Chancellor, Brandt retained his seat in the Bundestag, and he remained the Chairman of the Social Democratic Party through 1987.

He retained his seat in Parliament in the 1975, 1977 and 1980 elections.

Condit kept his seat on the Intelligence Committee, retained his security clearance, and was one of a small number of members of Congress who were cleared to see the most sensitive information on the 9 / 11 attacks.

However, he retained his seat in parliament, in accordance with Dutch law.

Hu officially resigned as Party General Secretary on January 16, but retained his seat in the Politburo Standing Committee.

He was elected to the Paris municipal council on 23 July 1871 for the Clignancourt quarter, and retained his seat till 1876, passing through the offices of secretary and vice-president, and becoming president in 1875.

In the election the party retained its 9. 8 % support from the previous legislative election, but was reduced to a single seat in the National Assembly.

He retained the seat at the 2001, 2005 and 2010 general elections, with majorities of 13, 433, 10, 146 and 10, 153 respectively.

Its only remaining seat in the state ( and country ), Tablelands, was retained with an increased majority by Rosa Lee Long.

They thus retained a certain Cathar identity, despite having returned to the Catholic religion.

His title was a matter of dispute with the governor of St Helena, who insisted on addressing him as " General Bonaparte ", despite the " historical reality that he had been an emperor " and therefore retained the title.

The gentiles retained control of the city in the three centuries since that date, despite Jewish petitions for joint governorship.

In the 1998 federal election, despite a slight fall in their percentage of the vote ( 6. 7 %), the Greens retained 47 seats and joined the federal government for the first time in ' Red-Green ' coalition government with the Social Democratic Party of Germany ( SPD ).

They retained their seats in 1999 although the party lost 5 councillors in local elections held that year despite an increase in their vote.

Many aspects of the Kyrgyz national culture were retained despite suppression of nationalist activity under Joseph Stalin, who controlled the Soviet Union from the late 1920s until 1953.

For example, the Chicago Board of Trade has retained overwhelming dominance of trading in US Treasury bond futures despite the startup of Eurex US trading of identical futures contracts.

It retained this status until the late 19th century, despite a myriad of attacks by the French throughout the 18th century, including the battle of St. Kitts in 1782.

As prime minister, Chirac quickly set about persuading the Gaullists that, despite the social reforms proposed by President Giscard, the basic tenets of Gaullism, such as national and European independence, would be retained.

The prince took part in several Scots campaigns, but despite these martial engagements, " all his father's efforts could not prevent his acquiring the habits of extravagance and frivolity which he retained all through his life ".

Babylonia retained the written Semitic Akkadian language for official use ( the language of its native populace ), despite its Amorite founders and Kassite successors not being native Akkadians.

The Spanish have retained control of it ever since, despite having been besieged in 1680, 1701, 1755, 1781 and 1790.

Batman, an Earth-born human without superpowers, retained his youth and vitality well into the 1980s despite having been an active hero during World War II.

Following these departures, the Conference retained the " Big 12 " name and logo despite dropping to ten teams, a decision ostensibly similar to the Big Ten Conference's choice to keep its name after its membership increased first to eleven and then to twelve.

These features were retained in the design despite the fact that by the time the station opened the 1921 Railway Act had been passed which spelt the end of the L & SWR as an independent concern.

They retained their seats in the 2004 European elections ( despite a reduction in number of seats available ) and the 2009 European elections.

The older, etymological spellings have been retained despite major shifts in phonology.

European New Zealanders ( Pākehā ), despite their location far from Europe, retained strong cultural ties to " Mother England.

However, Ivanovsky remained rather convinced, despite repeated failures to produce evidence, that the causal agent was an unculturable bacterium, too small to be retained on the employed Chamberland filters and to be detected in the light microscope.

After his accession, the House name of Romanov was retained, despite the fact that Peter III inherited the crown from his maternal aunt.

But the war chariot still retained its prestige and importance, despite the tactical superiority of cavalry.

In the 1935 election, Holyoake retained his seat under the motto " Follow England and Vote Holyoake " despite a massive swing against the Reform-United coalition.

Owen retained the Premier League Golden Boot in 1998 – 99 despite incurring a hamstring injury against Leeds United that prematurely brought his season to an end on 12 April.

Whereas most previous comic mergers saw the name of one of the ' absorbed ' comics disappear, the Topper was considered significant enough for its name to be retained despite the merger, and as such the comic was renamed Beezer and Topper following the relaunch.

Definitive split with Dufrêne and the Ultraletterists, as well as with Wolman who, despite his participation from 1952 to 1957 with the Letterist International ( who were forbidden by internal statute from any involvement in Isouian activities ), had retained links with the old group.