Word: holdes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Such a "change" of legal color has violent disadvantages in Premier Strydom's South Africa. A man's color decides what part of a town he lives in, what sort of job he may hold, how much he earns and where he may spend it, what buses he may travel on and what school (if any) his children may attend. In most parts of South Africa a Colored enjoys many minor but precious advantages over the blacks. He is allowed to ride on many of the same streetcars as the whites; he may be a member...
...During the "Troubles"-the insurrections against British rule in 1918-21-I.R.A. gunmen so skillfully harassed the Royal Irish Constabulary and the British "Black and Tans" that Britain finally settled with the Irish Republican leaders for an independent government of the 26 southern counties (Irish Free State), retaining its hold only on the six counties of the north.* The I.R.A. never accepted this partition. Its continued agitation so embarrassed government leaders that President Cosgrave outlawed it in 1931, and President De Valera (himself a onetime I.R.A. leader) in 1936 declared it an illegal organization. The I.R.A. went underground again...
...East Harlem's concrete vineyard. Occasionally they make peace among warring street gangs, stage drives against narcotics, or organize meetings to urge reforms. But most of their work is less dramatic. Both boys and girls handle groups of children ranging from three-year-olds to teenagers. They hold Bible classes, teach handicrafts, chaperone teen-age dances at church recreation centers, take youngsters on trips to beaches, museums, ball games, or on hikes and camping trips. When they find that their charges belong to a street gang, they often try to organize handicraft classes or canteens for the whole gang...
Breaking Loose-Tires do not hold...
Confidence Man. In El Paso, charged with federal check fraud, George Lewis Branzell helpfully suggested that U.S. Commissioner Henry Clifton hold up arraignment until all the bum checks he passed had bounced...