Word: helded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Williams, who was touted 10 years ago as a candidate to become Britian's first female prime minister, has held two different Parliament seats, several appointments in the British Cabinet and the presidency of an important political party...
...coupons for future hockey games must be exchanged at the Ticket Office the week of the game for a reserved seat. Up to 1000 tickets will be held for coupon holders on a first-come, first-serve basis. No coupons will be exchanged for seats at the game. Most games are expected to be sold out the day of event...
...great show business tradition, Shirley was acting in the interests of her parents. According to Edwards, the little girl "held on to . . . love and approval the only way she knew how, by continuing to dance while her mother watched." Her demanding father, a bank manager who quit his career to manage his daughter's, squandered most of her earnings in bad investments. The money was irreplaceable; like others of her Hollywood generation, the child woke up one morning to find that postwar America had outgrown its innocents. The features continued until she reached the age of 21. But Shirley...
Nearly all the invaders were believed to be former Tamil separatist guerrillas from Sri Lanka, apparently in the pay of Maldivian elements hostile to Gayoom. The President issued pleas for military intervention from India and the U.S. as well as Britain, which held Maldives as a protectorate from 1887 until 1965. Following an emergency Cabinet meeting, Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi dispatched some 1,600 troops to restore order in Male and commanded navy warships to head toward Maldivian waters. Paratroopers arrived less than twelve hours later, landing aboard two Soviet-built IL-76 transport aircraft at the national airport...
...Five P' s of Poison Ivy Politics -- the public, the process, the packagers, the polls and the press -- bear collective responsibility for the nastiest campaign in memory. -- Congressman Lee Hamilton suggests requiring presidential nominees to address a single major issue each week. -- With her head held high, Imelda Marcos is arraigned...