Word: holdes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This was the miners' answer to a Presidential Council decree re-establishing the old Stalinist internment system, by which the police may arrest and hold without trial "persons whose activity or behavior endangers public order." The decree was accompanied by a burst of government publicity defending the new police force and denying that it was identified with the old AVH or would use "former criminal methods...
...eminent British jurist who arbitrated the border between India and Pakistan in 1947, the long-heralded "liberal constitution" proposed to give control of domestic affairs to a 36-man legislature in which Greek Cypriots, who make up four-fifths of the island's 500,000 inhabitants, would hold a comfortable majority of 24 seats. Of the remaining twelve members, six would be appointed by the British Governor and six elected by the Turkish minority. In fact, however, the constitution would leave ultimate power in Cyprus in the hands of the British Governor, who, besides retaining overt control of defense...
...learned to do an amazing variety of everyday tasks with his toes. It seemed impossible that he could ever become expert at what he most wanted to do-paint. But when Pasche was in his 20s, an Italian artist visiting his home in Geneva patiently taught him to hold a brush between his agile first and second toes, gave him aid in painting techniques...
Alongside Pasche sat Corry Riet, 31, of Zaandam, The Netherlands, who was paralyzed by polio at the age of five. When it became clear that she would never regain the use of her arms, Corry Riet learned to hold a brush with her teeth, took lessons from a landscapist. She makes a comfortable income from her paintings, calendars and greeting cards...
...wooden booth went up in the town square with the placard: "We're behind you, Bill," and 3.000 residents lined up to sign a petition: "Ellenville is a finer place to live because of his unselfish leadership." Business leaders sent Rose a letter reaffirming the "unique regard we hold...