Word: holdes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Thanks for your excellent article on Caltech and President Lee DuBridge [May 16] . . . The water-filled meteorological balloon did indeed hold a lot of water but did not reach from "floor to ceiling." As an observer to this incident, I can report that it stood about 4 ft. high, and had a mushroomlike shape and a jellylike motion. The most fun came when ex-House President Tom Stix tried to maneuver it through his 30-in. door. With success almost in sight, the skin of the tightly squeezed object suddenly vanished, leaving the mountain of water standing for an instant...
...kept trying to impress the testy Shaw and make him take more notice of me. He was goaded into saying, 'All Americans are blind, deaf and dumb.' " As the listening newsmen politely registered indignation, Social Worker Keller sixth-sensed their reaction, graciously exonerated Shaw: "I do not hold it against him. In fact, I am a great admirer of his witticisms . . . He would have been more gracious if Lady Astor had not provoked...
...anti-Bahai polemics by Moslem leaders during the month-long fast of Ramadan, tradtionally a time for political preaching in Islam. The Moslems forced the government to take over Bahai headquarter with troops, are hoping to close Bahai schools, have introduced a bill to forbid Bahai members to hold government jobs. Said one Bahai leader: "We are not authorized by the Bahai's noble creed to fight or retaliate. The only thing we can do is to pull out gradually and leave the birthplace of our sect...
...through northern and central Italy. He cracked up soon and often, but he kept coming back. In 1940, when he was 21, he graduated to autos. Small, stock Fiats were his first mounts; for his first big races in the Mille Miglia and at Palermo, he managed to get hold of a Ferrari. Motor trouble forced him out each time...
...American Power Boat Association, the national sanctioning body, has also expressed definite interest in a possible revival of the sport. It hopes to hold Intercollegiate Championships in 1956, after colleges have had a year to organize teams and gain experience, provided a start can be made next fall...