Word: hold
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...suspect that the presidency, somewhere in the past quarter-century, became a job no one person can handle. When we finally realize this and make some adjustments-perhaps a group of three people should hold the Chief Executive's job (one man and two women)-we will remember Carter's efforts to govern, as the last one-person President, as valiant...
While the United Presbyterian Church is the first U.S. denomination to hold a full-dress debate about having homosexuals in the clergy, five other major Protestant denominations are confronting the problem...
...blind individual might only want to be told when it is safe to cross or he may want to help crossing, in which case the sighted person should allow the blind person to take hold of an elbow. One should never feed, pet or otherwise distract a guide dog unless expressly permitted by its master. Nor should one grab a blind person's cane or the arm holding...
Kenneth Clark, L.H.D., historian and author. His genius has made time stand still so that millions could hold in their hearts a treasure of surpassing beauty and enchantment...
...Arab countries, is swirling through Wall Street. Corporate securities held by foreigners as portfolio investments have grown from $34.9 billion in 1974 to $57.7 billion last year. In recent weeks foreign buying has become a major force behind the dramatic rise in the U.S. stock market. Overseas investors also hold an estimated $7.6 billion in U.S. Treasury bills and notes, more than four times as much as in 1974. By making the investments, foreigners are helping to finance the nation's excessive deficit spending, thereby eliminating the need for the Government to borrow the money domestically and divert...