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Word: hold (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...painted cheeks and wild eyes, desparate, martyred gesticulations, and bright brocaded cape and gown. Her entrance in the first act rescues it from tedium, and in subsequent scenes Lewis outclasses the other players in dramatic ability and depth of character. Only in the last act does she fail to hold her own, lapsing into moon-eyed fatuousness at Jeffrey Harper's words of love...

Author: By Cheryl R. Devall, | Title: Air, Water, But Alas, No Fire | 12/6/1978 | See Source »

...near as Newton South -- fight back. Nathan D. Leight '81, business manager for the HMUN, sees the trouble he is headed for. Leaning back in the two pieces of his three-piece corduroy suit that remain, Leight says the "Sheraton is the only facility in New England that can hold us. The closest feasible point after here is New York." No kidding...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Holding Down the Fort | 12/6/1978 | See Source »

...though, have some things in common with the media, and one of them is that absolute necessity that both newsmen and intelligence officers be able to protect their sources. I know how ardently the press hold to that principle in their case; sometimes I am dismayed when they do not recognize it in ours...

Author: By Stansfield Turner, | Title: Accountability vs. Secrecy | 12/5/1978 | See Source »

Formal election to the speaker's chair will take place when the new Congress convenes in January, but yesterday's nomination is tantamount to acceptance for the 65-year-old O'Neill, since the Democrats hold a 277-158 margin in the newly elected House...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: O'Neill Reelected as Speaker; Second Term Secured Unopposed | 12/5/1978 | See Source »

...from being a radical departure from earlier Crimson ad policies, this recent action is simply another example of our refusal to accept ads that we believe contribute specifically to oppression of a group or class of people. We now hold that the problem of sexism in America and elsewhere merits a scrutiny of our ad policy similar to that given--for example--racism in South Africa...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: That Playboy Business | 12/5/1978 | See Source »

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