Word: holdes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sightseeing tourist . . . What is wrong with "houses built under the reign of Francis I?" I have lived in just such a house . . . The plumbing was perfect. Who invented the saga of the French plumbing? I have a hunch it was a nation frustrated for having nothing but gadgets to hold onto in the emptiness of a hectic life devoted to dollar making...
Aside from Formosa and the Pescadores, which the U.S. is committed to defend, the Nationalists hold four groups of small islands, scattered along 400 miles of the Chinese coast: the Tachens, the Nanchis, the Matsus and the Quemoys {see map). The Tachens are the hardest to defend, since they are almost out of combat range for Nationalist planes from Taipei. Conversely, they are much too far from Formosa to be steppingstones for a Red approach to the Nationalist stronghold: their principal value is as an early radar warning post for air attacks from the North. The Pentagon considers...
...spot in the TV ratings was proving easier to get than to hold onto. This week, for the first time, the lead position was captured by one of NBC's high-priced spectaculars: Max Liebman's Babes in Toyland, which went to the top with a Nielsen rating of 50.5. CBS's I Love Lucy grabbed second with 50.1. while Jackie Gleason (CBS), the former leader, dropped to third with 48.1. The rest of the Top Ten: 4) Toast of the Town (CBS). 45.5; 5) Dragnet (NBC). 44.1; 6) Disneyland (ABC). 42.4; 7) Milton Berle...
There was never much trouble getting it to Soldiers Field on its custom-built bicycle-wheeled carriage, but travel was another matter. In 1948, for example, when the varsity played at Princeton, the band truck was not big enough to hold the drum. Eventually, it made the trip in time aboard a specially chartered plane...
...reason for the Eskimo's comfort in below-zero weather is that his clothes are not built on the European principle of insulating the body with many layers of cloth fitting close to the skin. Eskimo clothes are designed to capture and hold warm air. The loose fur trousers fit snugly over the boots. No cold air can rise up the legs to replace air that has been warmed by the body. Over the trousers the Eskimo wears a windtight fur parka with the skin side outside and no opening in front. It has a hood and it fits...