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mayn stay
- n a prominent supporter
- n a central cohesive source of support and stability
- n the forestay that braces the mainmast
- AGE: 27 OCCUPATION: Pop star, TMZ mainstay PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE PTI 100: 0 PRO: Her on-again, off-again affair with lucidity appears to be on the upswing, allowing her .
- Corrections had long been a mainstay in Fremont County; the high desert valley was already home to more than half a dozen prisons.
- Although films featuring women in their teens and 20s are the mainstay of the industry, a trend toward "mature women" has become evident over the past five years.