Word: held
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Complaining of "unusual procedures" used by the State Department in passport decisions, Boudin cited several instances in which case hearings were held without notifying the applicant or his attorney...
Boudin, who was himself temporarily refused a passport in 1954, claimed passport denial is a method of punishing men for beliefs they held long before the passport laws were passed...
While there was some trimming of dividends in other industries, along with some boosts, there was also many a company that continued the same dividend, even though not earned. Sylvania Electric, expecting increased defense business and a gradual improvement in consumer lines, held its 50? dividend, v. earnings of 30?. Carrier Corp. cheerily declared its 60? dividend, even though in the seasonally slow first quarter, earnings were only...
...deal that would give the Germans material helpful in fighting the war. Brand agreed with them. But the Germans promised a down payment of 100,000 living Jews, and he hoped he could keep negotiations dragging along until the approaching Allied victory closed all accounts. Thus, while the Nazis held his own family hostage, he made a desperate journey to neutral Turkey and the Middle East to get the negotiations started with Allied agents...
...which the Princeton coach had termed the best crew he had seen in twenty years, the varsity led from the first quarter of a mile. The Princetonians maintained their start in the high 30's after the Crimson boat had dropped down to its racing stroke of 32 and held a lead of about one seat. But as soon as the Tiger shell came down to racing cadence the varsity's superior power and steadiness became apparent with the Crimson boat pulling out in front by a half-length in the next quarter mile...