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Word: holdes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...luxurious Camelback Inn point with pride to their "mouthwatering food" and the hotel's location in the "dry. healthful, sun-blessed desert." They also talk loftily of their policy of accepting only "selected guests." Last week the National Association of Attorneys General, which had planned to hold its annual convention next month in the Camelback, decided to meet in stead in West Virginia's famed Greenbrier Hotel. Reason: the Camelback's slogan of "Selected Guests" turned out to be a euphemism for "Hardly Any Jews Allowed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ORGANIZATIONS: Selected Guests | 12/6/1954 | See Source »

...strikingly different character from Vargas, Café Filho is far more concerned with the problems of today than the projects of the future, utterly lacking in any taste for the intricate maneuvers and favoritism of partisan politics. Instead of trying to hold all the administrative strings in his own hands, he has brought teamwork into the government, delegating real authority to his ministers and giving them firm support. Instead of trying to cure Brazil's economic ailments with painkilling expedients, he has adopted a bitter-medicine program of "disinflation" and austerity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: The Giant at the Bridge | 12/6/1954 | See Source »

Dolins also suggested that "the Union Committee hold an orientation meeting of all Smoker Committee candidates and explain to them that the affair will have to be toned down...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Smoker Faces Council Checks on 'Rowdiness' | 12/1/1954 | See Source »

Winthrop master Ronald M. Ferry '12 last night estimated that the proposed addition would hold 50 students, "hardly enough for an overall solution to the problem of overcrowding...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Masters Meet to Discuss Study of Housing Plan | 11/29/1954 | See Source »

Ulen pulled the switch trick against Army when he surprisingly swam Egan in the breast stroke to take a meet. But he doesn't just hold surprises in his hand. He develops swimmers...

Author: By L. THOMAS Linden, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 11/29/1954 | See Source »

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