1.   At least three-fifths of the Jordanian population today is Palestinian in origin, though the other Jordanians have retained political dominance.

2.   He noted that United States retained its dominance of the international arms markets without any multi-billion-dollar sales being completed.

3.   The compact is opposed by Upper Midwest dairy farmers, who hope to retain dominance in the milk market.

4.   The government, which has crippled the militants as a military force, is expected to retain its dominance in Parliament through the National Democratic Majority.

5.   They want to retain Sinhala dominance in a strong centralized state, and their preferred means for keeping things as they are is more war.

6.   Through all the tumult out west, the Colombians retained dominance of the cocaine trade in New York and even expanded into heroin.

7.   What matters even more to many developers is that the Palm OS retains its dominance in the PDA market.

8.   As a result, MNCs may exit from some heavy material processing and chemical industries, while retaining their dominance in the technology and equipment segments of these industries.

9.   In Bangkok, the PDP, led by billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra, looked to retain its dominance.