Word: hold
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...time that no one can foresee. It might become like the toll of traffic accidents modern societies have to pay." Over the long run, there is perhaps a danger that the fedayeen campaign may strike severe blows at Israeli democracy, as ever more repressive measures are required to hold down terrorism...
Pieces like Jacques Famery's Plexiglas arm chair are magic invisible furniture. They hold a body but eyes pass through them. Eiffel's tower and Paxton's Crystal Palace introduced a new kind of building where space flowed through instead of stopping at the walls. And Plexiglas furniture changes the interior from an organization of volumes in space to a mere description of space drawn with light patterns of color and reflection...
...track team is being forced to hold tonight's meet in old Briggs Cage, which Coach Bill McCurdy thought he had escaped this year, because construction on the team's huge new bubble is not yet completed...
Dartmouth has a trio of lines returning which are fairly strong, but with the loss of their entire defensive corps, they will need a top-flight performance from goalie Tom Schuster to hold off Harvard's scoring powers...
After a fast canvass of exhibitors, Valenti countered last week by quoting theater owners who told him privately that Reade is "irrational and wrong." Said Valenti, "Even if some other small exhibitors hold out, we feel satisfied with the 80% to 85% that we estimate will voluntarily support us." With that majority demanding proof of age at the box office, youth will now be restricted to four choices: G: go to a Walter Reade Theater; M: mark time until you grow up; R: riot in front of the box office; or X: wait until the movie makes the Late Show...