Word: hold
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in Geneva Dec. 21 to put the finishing touches on the long-stalled SALT II treaty to limit nuclear weapons. If all goes well-and White House officials maintained that the changed relations with Peking would not affect the SALT talks?Carter is expected to hold his first summit next month with Soviet Party Chairman Leonid Brezhnev to sign the pact...
...Black Caucus in Congress is well organized and active, but it lost its most prestigious member in last month's election, Massachusetts' Edward Brooke, the Senate's only black. No black will hold a committee chairmanship or leadership position for either party in the 96th Congress. The Black Caucus claims credit for the passage this year of the Humphrey-Hawkins Bill, but the diluted act simply outlined goals for full employment rather than authorizing the means to achieve it. The Caucus was effective in creating the "minority set-aside program," which earmarks 10% of federal construction funds...
...sense, Carter's tenuous hold on his party was illustrated best by the Democrats who did not show up in Memphis. Said D.N.C. Issues Coordinator Elaine Kamarck: "Our turndown list reads like a Who's Who of American politics." Senator Edmund Muskie decided to Christmas shop in Washington. New York Senator Daniel Moynihan and Florida Senator Richard Stone sent regrets. So did Colorado Party Head Sheila Kowal, who complained: "It seems strange that the party leaders should be putting so much money into a rally when they couldn't help us during the campaign." (The convention cost...
...against any "church," even one clearly unworthy of the name, would be to risk controls on all churches. That concern is not entirely without foundation. Vigilantes have engaged in kidnaping and "deprogramming" U.S. members of oddball religious groups for years. A number of newspapers are demanding that Congress hold hearings on cults. Of course, even the worst actions ascribed to, say, the Moonies, the Scientologists or the Hare Krishnas do not remotely resemble the insanities of Jonesism...
...loans and grants from richer E.C. countries. In fact, Italy and Ireland may still decide to join before the new system starts next month. Britain will stay out at least until after next year's election, but it supports the program in principle and promises to try to hold the pound within the desired band...