Word: holdes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although Knowland had selected the three Republicans on the censure committee, he was doing nothing whatever to support their recommendations. Instead, he was helping those Senators who wanted to soften the censure resolution. This group included most of the other Republicans who hold official leadership positions in the Senate. Illinois' Everett McKinley Dirksen, chairman of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, was the chief strategist in the move to soften censure, and New Hampshire's Styles Bridges, president pro tempore, stood shoulder to shoulder with Dirksen; Michigan's Homer Ferguson, chairman of the Policy Committee, and Massachusetts...
...disquieted some of the newborn democracy's best friends: such popularity might prove heady stuff for inexperienced democrats. Since then some of the fears have been confirmed. The victorious Democrats gerrymandered one of the last three pro-Republican provinces, and set out to destroy the opposition's hold on the judiciary and civil service. New laws lowered the retirement age for judges, and gave the government unchecked authority to discharge civil servants whenever it "deems it to be necessary." Another statute prohibited political speeches over the national radio, which hurt the opposition most of all, since the government...
...hold the line against rampaging inflation, Brazil's new President João Café Filho is firmly and conscientiously risking his personal popularity. Earlier this month he vetoed a pay rise for 15,000 doctors who work for the federal government or institutes it sponsors. Last week, as a result, Brazil's doctors threatened a nationwide sitdown strike...
Located in the second floor of Purcell's Restaurant, adjacent to City Hall, the annex dining room is designed to hold 200 people. Club officers feel the convenient location of the dining room should help their new membership drive by eliminating the noon-time trip from the center of the city to the main Clubhouse, for people who want to use its luncheon facilities. The annex will be open only during the afternoon...
...Dunster team placed second in the cross country, and retained its solid hold on third place in the trophy competition, with a total of 317.5 points. The Funsters are 27.5 points ahead of fourth place Winthrop, which gained a sixth in cross country...