Word: held
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Strauss-Teller theory, Davis said, "held that anything which diverts the minds and pocketbooks of America from preparation for the 'inevitable conflict with Russia' is treasonable...
According to Davis, Admiral Strauss held the threat of 'military secrecy' over the heads of nuclear scientists who disagreed with his policies, "while allowing Teller to tour the country explaining his point of view...
Possibly he hadn't tried hard enough. The others entertained ambitions--intellectual ambitions, athletic ambitions, social and political ambitions--and those who entertain ambitions undershoot the mark a good sixty-two percent of the time. This is the real key to dejection, but a key Falstaff never held. He simply didn't desire. He didn't care to. He really didn't care...
...world's biggest grocery, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., last week announced plans to give shareholders outside the Hartford family a vote in how the family-controlled corporation will be run. Some 19% of A. & P. stock is now held by the public, but the shares carry no regular voting power. The move is the first step in what Wall Street believes is a plan for the heirs of A. & P. Founder George H. Hartford* to sell part of their 81% stock interest in the food chain (last fiscal year sales: $4.8 billion...
There will be only a single issue of A. & P. stock of 21,639,206 shares outstanding (of the 28 million authorized) when the changes are approved. Each share, both family and publicly held, will carry one vote. More shares will probably be offered later. In addition, the heirs and the Hartford charitable foundation are expected to lighten their holdings in order to diversify their investments or for inheritance tax purposes...