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Word: holdes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...article is done accurately, shows comprehension, and gives a clear and exact picture of the political situation in Cambodia, and an impartial description of the personality of our venerated sovereign, King Norodom Sihanouk . . . Would you allow me an annotation concerning the general elections in Cambodia? . . . His Majesty decided to hold the elections (in April) of his own free will because he thinks internal order and security is re-established now that the Viet Minh troops have withdrawn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 7, 1955 | 3/7/1955 | See Source »

...Louisiana's Democratic Representative Hale Boggs, one of some young Democrats who have been chafing under their leadership's policy of getting along with the G.O.P. Administration. Boggs & Co. wanted to open up on the Administration early in January, but were persuaded by Speaker Rayburn to hold off until after the House acted on the bill to liberalize foreign trade (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Let's Be Smart | 3/7/1955 | See Source »

...smoothly for the betterment of all. A critic of the University of Chicago's nuclear physicist Harold C. Urey, who recently questioned the fairness of the Rosenburg and Sobell treason trials, wrote that "Professor Urey is undoubtedly a scientist of high order, that fact does not equip him to hold an opinion better than the rest of us who may not know how to make heavy water, but who know and feel the claims of justice." When Harold Urey comments on American law, or Albert Einstein comments on the United Nations, it seems obvious that they are influential beyond their...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Room for Argument | 3/5/1955 | See Source »

Yale goalie George Scherer, who had allowed less than four goals per game until Saturday, will once again attempt to hold the best offense in the East within reasonable bounds. A good night for Scherer could mean a good game in the Harvard-Yale tradition, but to bring about an upset, his defense will have to tighten up considerably over their first performance...

Author: By Charles Steedman, | Title: Varsity Sextet Ends Regular Season on Yale Rink Today | 3/5/1955 | See Source »

...laws under instruction, now questions ministers, examines the budget and initiates legislation. Chiang Kai-shek can still dismiss the legislature, however, with only the slightest pretext. Most of the country's political power still comes down from the bureaucracy, rather than up from the legislature. Though more Formosans now hold political office, the Kuomintang party machine determines the results of any election...

Author: By Duncan H. Cameron, | Title: Formosan Unity | 3/3/1955 | See Source »

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