Word: held
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...were all impressed with the attainability of a balanced budget without sacrifice or injury to essential programs of Government. If we can hold the line on this program, it means not only will we have a good economic year but that the cost of living can be stabilized and held down." Added Everett Dirksen, signaling a new day in the relationships between President Eisenhower and congressional Republicans: "The point was made that we had a good program last year-but that we were not the best salesmen in the world and failed to get our point across...
...left hand in the jar, took the first capsule he touched, handed it to Mr. Roosevelt. The President, old stager that he was, glanced at the newsreel and radio men, got their nod before he intoned: "The first number is one-five-eight." Registration serial number 158, held by some 6175 registrants throughout the U.S., thus became Draft Order...
...clashes, 150 rebels and 60 royal soldiers were killed. Held off on land, the Crown Prince commandeered smugglers' craft in Tangier harbor 175 miles awa)', hired a British-owned ferryboat, and landed troops at Alhucemas by sea. Commercial aircraft of Royal Air Maroc were pressed into service to transport supplies, despite the protests of the French pilots who were forced to fly them...
...India Prime Minister Nehru's handsome 41-year-old daughter, Indira Gandhi, emerged as the leading candidate for the presidency of the Congress Party, a post held previously by both her father and her grandfather. A veteran politician and a sloe-eyed, animated woman, Indira is married to M.P. Feroze Gandhi (no kin to the Mahatma), has two young sons, is a determined left-winger and a close confidante of her father, as well as his official hostess. The only foreseeable bar to her election next month would be Nehru's disapproval, and, in accepting the nomination, Indira...
Castro is on the record with a promise of free elections a long 18 months or two years from now. "The parties must have time to reorganize," he argued. "If we held elections tomorrow, we would win. People tire quickly. In 18 months, the people may be very tired of us." Castro led a revolution against personal government and for restoring a rule of law; since the date of his victory, he has built a government based largely on his personality, while his men have violated his country's basic law. If he can summon maturity and seriousness...