Word: hold
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...this kind of reasoning that prompts the frequently heard complaint from the Navy that it is being unfairly singled out to make good on Carter's campaign promise to hold down defense spending. Indeed, with ships taking six to eight years to construct, the strategic impact of a cutback in building them does not become immediately apparent; the monetary savings...
...merely of Washington's intent to be evenhanded in the Middle East but, specifically, of whether America is prepared to be a reliable friend. As Crown Prince Fahd explains it, the Saudis' relationship with the U.S. involves a basic tradeoff: oil for security. They are prepared to hold down oil prices, expand their productive capacity and help protect the dollar−all of which are vital to the U.S. and its Western allies. In return, they want security...
...once served as prime minister. While the king was abroad for medical treatment, Daoud and a group of military insurgents−including the then and still obscure Col. Kadir−overthrew the Zahir monarchy, which Daoud condemned as corrupt and ineffective. But the Zahir family kept a tight hold on the top jobs and other spoils of power, and this time Col. Kadir vowed to throw them out once...
...criminal techniques from television. But some psychologists argue that violent programs provide a vicarious release for aggression. The networks and some First Amendment scholars fear that Niemi's suit, if successful, will drastically undermine constitutional free speech guarantees. "I would regard it a very dangerous principle that would hold a broadcaster or a publisher liable for the imitation of what it showed or published in a creative context," commented Columbia Law Professor Benno Schmidt Jr. "It would be a dreadfully chilling rule of law." In a friend-of-the-court brief, CBS warned that the principle could be extended...
Although the stated goal--to actually hold the site and stop construction--was not achieved, the action was universally seen as an enormous success. Almost overnight opposition to nuclear power became perhaps the most potent protest movement in the country, with at least 20 alliances, patterned after Clamshell, springing up across the nation...