Word: holdes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...member International Brotherhood of Teamsters selected as its first president a 295-lb. cutthroat named Cornelius Shea, who eventually was packed off to Sing Sing for stabbing his mistress 27 times (Shea bungled the job -the girl lived). Next, in 1907, came Irish-born Dan Tobin, who was to hold office for 45 astonishing years. Fond of boasting that he ran the union with only two staffers, Tobin came to rule over an empire that had 1,000,000 members, claimed a net worth of $25 million, and had enormous economic and political power...
...Nominated to succeed Admiral Arthur W. Radford as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in August: Air Force Chief Nathan Farragut Twining, 59, first airman to hold the nation's top military...
...though the New York Times called Nasser's terms an "absurd ultimatum," the Western powers seemed to hold out little real hope of extracting any major concessions: they might, in return for making the arrangement two-way instead of unilateral, firm up the contractual status of the agreement. But Nasser no longer faced the threat of armed attack by Britain or France, and Britain's Foreign Office acknowledged privately that any attempt at economic boycott could not be long maintained in the face of bitter opposition from shipping companies watching their competitors steam through the canal...
...basic commitment of journalism." Williams concludes, "remains the same as always. It is identical for all. It is to report honestly, to comment fearlessly, and to hold fast to independence ... It is upon the individual journalist that the ultimate responsibility rests. He is the legatee of a great tradition. He cannot abdicate...
...instead on developing raw materials. To conserve the current supply of basic metals and coal, he wants to set up procurement priorities that would give the first choice to heavy industry. In hope of winning the support of businessmen, Villalbi has even promised that they will get a toe hold in the basic industries owned or controlled by the government...