Word: hold
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Often as not, the men who hold the stars in their places are Jon Bell, an intern studying to be a planetarium director, and Joe Doti, engineer. Except for the subdued glow from green and red console lights, they work in darkness. "It only takes a few weeks to learn how to operate, but you must know the basics of astronomy," says Bell. He is whispering as the display goes on, and his tone suggests an acolyte trying not to disturb a service. Every time he does a show, he admits, he feels a shiver synapsing down his spine...
LATIN AMERICA. On Valentine's Day, Carter will hold talks in Mexico City with President José López Portillo. His aim: to begin work on an agreement for the U.S. to purchase Mexico's oil and natural gas, and to ease the strains caused by the flow of illegal immigrants into the U.S. In Nicaragua, meanwhile, months of patient U.S. diplomacy were thrown into question when President Anastasio Somoza Debayle last week rejected a U .S. proposal for internationally supervised elections aimed at ending civil strife over his rule...
...with ceremonies launching normalization of relations with the U.S.-China's Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-p'ing moved swiftly last week to consolidate his political gains and to accelerate the nation's New Long March to modernization. In a skillful move that further strengthened his hold on the highest level of government, Teng packed the 23-member ruling Politburo with four of his loyal supporters. Foremost among the new members is Teng Ying-ch'ao, 74, the widow of Chou Enlai, Teng's longtime patron and the first proponent of his program. Also elevated...
...Security Council has scheduled a series of private consultations to discuss the issue for late tomorrow afternoon. Sources in the U.N. Secretariat have stated they believe the council will hold a formal session next week, at the request of the Cambodian government...
...rising stock price confers more prestige on corporate managers than one that is just high. Despite IBM's dazzling record of sales and profit gains, its stock, adjusted for past splits, sells for a bit less than it did ten years ago. Reason: institutional and pension fund managers hold about as many IBM shares as they care to, since they want to maintain balanced portfolios, and the stock has been too expensive for all but the richest individual investors; so demand for the shares has declined. Politically, the more widely a company's stock is held, the more...