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“Carmina Burana” is a mainstay of the classical repertoire and one of the most widely recognizable concert works of the 20th century.

Salmon are not only a mainstay of commercial and recreational fishing businesses, but are also central to the cultures of Native tribes, who continue traditions of subsistence fishing.

Just as uncontrollable financial, demographic and other forces have wreaked havoc in Hollywood, California’s wine industry is now reeling from epochal stresses that are grinding down yet another mainstay of the state’s economy.

Open Society Foundations, where I direct work on drug policy, has long documented abuses in centers that purportedly provide drug treatment, but where the mainstay of “treatment” is in fact forced labor.

But in CBS’ ‘Ghosts,’ back for Season 4 on Thursday, he’s become a mainstay of the cast.