Word: hold
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Rosen, an active member of the Constitutional Convention last year and of the Southern African Solidarity Committee (SASC), said yesterday the assembly should probably hold a referendum or hold "town meetings" in the Houses before taking a stand on South African issues...
...General Election. I must be honest and say that I don't think we are going to be able to comply by the end of the year. I hope I am wrong. [But] the less terrorism, the easier it will be to hold the election, because otherwise, intimidation is rampant and it is difficult for people to exercise a free vote...
BANKS. They execute most of the orders for companies and also trade on their own account. An American tourist exchanges $100 for marks at a bank in Frankfurt; the bank can hold the dollars or sell them for other currencies, as it chooses. More important, a French cooperative, for example, deposits in Credit Lyonnais $1 million received from U.S. importers for Bordeaux wine; the bank can sell those dollars for other currencies if it wishes. Banks have a cold-blooded view of the potentialities. Says Jean Bourg, head of the currency department at Credit Lyonnais: "We take advantage of small...
...Federal Reserve's money moves has been to halt a sharp and inflationary increase in the money supply. Also, the Fed is trying to forestall further dumping of the dollar on foreign markets; lower inflation and higher U.S. interest rates should make greenbacks more attractive to hold...
...easy - even if the amateur lacks the cash or savvy to deal in the big-time foreign-exchange markets. For $26.75 almost anybody can buy a traveler's check denominated in German marks or Japanese yen; $32.95 gets one denominated in Swiss francs. The buyer can hold it as long as he likes and then cash it in at the exchange rate prevailing that...