Word: holdes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...True, the uneasy scientist who casts his lot with military-sponsored research is in a dilemma conceived in the unresolved conflict with his military counterpart [TIME, Nov. 1], but must he not hold himself accountable for an equal portion of this deplorable spectacle? Americans have a weakness for making heroes of all who "arrive"-movie stars, football players, etc. It is indeed regrettable that only a few so acclaimed can weather the strain without becoming stage-struck prima donnas. Generals and scientists are not exceptions . . . Many scientists now feature themselves as authorities on international and domestic politics, industrial and governmental...
Under the Big Three agreement at Potsdam, the Nationalist Chinese came in to occupy Hanoi and the North, the British (which meant the French, who arrived in British ships) came to liberate Saigon and the South. Ho defied them. "We hold these truths to be self-evident," Ho proclaimed, declaring his Viet Nam independent. The great deception began...
...still able to roar menacingly, the Bevanites answered back with a touch of the old defiance: "Trade union leaders are not a special breed of humanity, always to be shielded from the rough breezes of democracy. They . . . must run the risks of public life if they aspire to hold the prizes and the power. We shall continue to print the truth...
...Hold Your Horse? This low-pressure Gobeldygook comes naturally to George. "It's interesting how I got to be called George Gobel," he told TViewers on one show. "One day Dad called all 16 of us children into the living room and said, 'O.K., now, which one of you kids wants to be George Gobel?' I wanted to be Douglas Fairbanks Jr. But that was already taken...
Football--winning football--is his almost all-consuming task during the season. Once when asked how he felt about the sport, he answered with an anecdote: "A head cheerleader at Pitt was holding tryouts for new men. He told them that Pitt was on defense with the other team in possession inside Pitt's five-yard line. Then, he asked what cheers they would call for in such a situation. The first candidate picked, 'Hold that linel' The second said, 'Hold tight!' But the third yelled, 'Sock it to 'cm, Pitt!' and that's exactly the way I feel about...