Word: holdes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Prepared, in the Senate Banking & Currency Committee, to hold hearings this week on bills calling for a U.S. return to the gold standard...
They felt though that Sir Winston was most likely to hold on for some weeks-at least until a June ceremony at which the Queen will formally invest him as Knight of the Garter...
...indomitable Sir Winston, it is understood that he will not immediately accept a peerage but will hold onto his Commons seat for a while to speak out and act the role of elder statesman and, when occasion merits, the sage scold. Said one very close to him: "He will want to deliver at least six swan songs...
...which lets an outsider take over the Academy Awards on the world's best-selling medium. Oscar night should find pictures being sold-not cars oversold ... If the film biz should continue its stupid failure to sponsor its own event, then the Academy . . . must take steps to hold sponsors in line...
...contestants a night. Other unemployed funnymen have tried in vain to duplicate Groucho's success. Fred Allen just does not seem right on NBC's Judge for Yourself, and Herb Shriner on CBS's Two for the Money is far from rivaling Groucho's hold on his audience. When the wit falters, quiz shows usually try to make up for it by giving away quantities of money and prizes...