Word: holdes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Gomulka, who announced that "Communism is flexible enough for everything except permitting man to exploit man,'' was ready to try all sorts of unorthodox ways to hold Poland for Communism. He named Jerzy Sztachelski, former Minister of Health, to the new Office of Church Affairs. In return for the public pledge of support, Sztachelski quickly conceded the cardinal's representatives' two" main demands: 1) that religious instruction be given in schools for all whose parents ask it; 2) that church appointments no longer be subject to state veto. Having gained these concessions, the Vatican last week...
...fast-spreading U.S. airlines. When not too busy, Rossby kept up with the hard-boiled pilots in jazz-age drinking and other festivities. Most of them envied his way with women. "It was his Swedish manners," says one of his friends of those days. "He'd hold the hand of a nightclub hat-check girl for several minutes, ladling out those Swedish compliments. If it was any other guy, the girl would have called the manager...
...marks to Russian divers. Even so, Tobian climbed to the platform for his last dive, nursing a slight lead over Mexico's classy Joaquin Capilla. Tobian flipped through a running double-twisting for ward one-and-a-half somersault with such consummate grace that his detractors could only hold him down to a high 19.76 points. Then Capilla soared into an equally spectacular double-twisting forward one-and-a-half and scored enough to win the championship by .03 of a point. A protest from U.S. Diving Coach Karl Michael did not change the result...
...this November they trimmed output to 577,843, an annual rate of about 6,900,000, and were determined to hold to that level, with this month's production slated to be 600,000. At least one of the Big Three, Chrysler, talked of "leveling out" production, aiming to produce a steady flow of cars throughout the year to increase efficiency, decrease layoffs avoid overstocking dealers...
IRON-ORE shortage is forcing U.S. Steel Corp. to keep 50 of its Great Lakes ore carriers sailing to Jan. 1, and Army Corps of Engineers will hold Sault Ste. Marie locks open until then, instead of normal Dec. 15 closedown. But ore movement will drop to about 77 million tons from last year's 87 million tons. Reason: strikes by steelworkers and lake seamen...