Word: hold
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Neither Hackett nor Bernal was as impressed with the final time as they were with the success of Hackett's pace strategy. "He was trying to negative split (swim the second half of the race faster than the first)," explained Bernal afterwards. "If he can hold :50s for the last five 100s (the splits needed to go 9:00 in the event), then we think that with the excitement of a big meet he can break that barrier...
...party chief last week demonstrated that he is still firmly in control at the Kremlin. In a shuffle of top-level Communist Party jobs, he elevated one of his staunches! allies to the 13-member ruling Politburo, gave the boot to a prominent nonloyalist and further consolidated his hold on the country's decision-making apparatus...
...Harvard Corporation has stated it will not hold certificates of deposit in any bank that is currently making, rolling over or renewing loans to the South African government. The Corporation holds no such investments in Chase Manhattan...
...real quick and were far from the snowbound road before we got used to the noise of the rotor and the sight of the damage below. Thirty minutes of waiting and, finally, the other helicopter appeared. It was now a race against Western Airlines--calls were made to hold the flight and the bus was warmed up but the members of our group weren't on that shift. A woman got off, with two small children and six large suitcases. It had cost her $300 to go fifteen minutes in the air but her fur showed that she could handle...
...rounded the corner to gate 17 S at full speed, yelling at airline officials and insisting that they hold the plane. We saw flight #34 nonstop to Los Angeles for a fleeting moment as it rumbled down the snow-plowed runway and faltered into...